Per Deadline, Mufasa: The Lion King is projected to earn $12 million through Sunday and $16 million through the four-day MLK holiday weekend. If the estimate holds it will boost Mufasa’s running domestic tally to $210.3 million since its Dec. 20, 2024, opening.

It’s one of those weekends at the box office, with two new releases pawing at one another in a closer-than-expected race. Sony’s buddy comedy “One of Them Days” is coming in on the higher end of initial projections after earning $4.

After everyone ran to the movies over the holidays, they’re doing something else this weekend with Disney’s Mufasa in its fifth weekend looking to upset the MLK 4-day frame with an estimated $16M take.

Elsewhere, 'Moana 2' prepares to cross the $1 billion mark globally.

It’s a full moon at the box office. Universal and Blumhouse's "Wolf Man" reboot has made $1.4 million in Thursday previews so far. As it opens this weekend, it faces off against Sony’s comedy “One of Them Days,

With Universal/Blumhouse's "Wolf Man" opening below projections, the No. 1 spot at the MLK weekend box office is up for grabs as Disney's "Mufasa" is contending with Sony's new buddy comedy "One of Them Days" For the extended weekend,