The Lion King also managed to pull out a last-minute win at the box office over the 4-day Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. While early estimates saw competitor One of Them Days winning the long weekend,

Mufasa' roars and 'One of Them Days' starts strong, but the box office ahead of MLK Day was much lower than it had been in past years.

Universal's "Wolf Man" howls its way to No. 3, with "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" and "Den of Thieves 2: Pantera" close behind.

Per Deadline, Mufasa: The Lion King is projected to earn $11.5 million through Sunday and $15.5 million through the four-day MLK holiday weekend. If the estimate holds it will boost Mufasa’s running domestic tally to $209.7 million since its Dec. 20, 2024, opening.

One of Them Days shocked the box office this weekend as the SZA and Keke Palmer comedy passed Universal’s Wolf Man reboot. The Sony movie opened in second place at $11.6 million at 2,675 North American theaters-with an estimated $14 million more expected through the end of the holiday weekend on Monday.

The Keke Palmer buddy comedy “One of Them Days” opened in first place on the North American box office charts on a particularly slow Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.

The buddy comedy One of Them Days had its moment in the spotlight this Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, narrowly surpassing Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King at the domestic box office. The Sony Pictures film,

One of Them Days” was the No. 1 movie at the North American box office on a slow Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Comscore. The R-rated movie from Sony (NYSE:SONY) grossed $11.