‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’ Races to the High Whereas ‘Depraved’ Lastly Claims Victory Over ‘Moana 2’

After opening with almost $200 million on the field workplace en path to hauling in $1.6 billion globally, The Lion King (2019) established the franchise as a field workplace juggernaut, however the newest installment failed to succeed in the identical heights. In a shocking show, the weekend of December 20 noticed Sonic the Hedgehog 3 take the top spot at the box office after grossing $62 million domestically, barely greater than the unique’s $58 million opinion however lower than the sequel’s $72 million debut weekend. The third Sonic film is already one of the top 16 highest-grossing video game movies ever and one of many prime 31 highest-grossing films of the 12 months domestically. Keanu Reeves’ efficiency as Shadow the Hedgehog generated sufficient field workplace hype for Sonic 3 to earn almost double its second-place competitor, the lion Mufasa (Aaron Pierre).

Whereas many anticipated Mufasa: The Lion King to roar to the highest spot, it opened with a measly $35 million domestically, simply greater than half of Sonic the Hedgehog 3’s whole. Mufasa additionally collected a hefty $87 million from worldwide markets to carry its worldwide cumulative haul to $122 million after opening weekend, lower than The Lion King’s (2019) whole from home earnings alone. Ending within the #3 spot this weekend was Wicked, which scored $13.5 million and at last beat Moana 2 for the primary weekend since each films have been in theaters. Depraved’s home whole is now closing in on $400 million, presently at $383 million, with $187 million in overseas markets for a global total of $571 million. Depraved is poised to develop into one of many prime 50 highest-grossing home films ever this week, and is already on a slew of top five box office lists.

Falling from #1 to #4 is Dwayne Johnson’s animated sequel, Moana 2, which completed just a few hundred thousand behind Depraved at $13.1 million throughout its fourth full weekend in theaters. Moana 2 has now earned $359 million domestically and $431 million internationally for a whopping worldwide cumulative haul of $790 million, making it the fourth-highest-grossing movie of the year. Ending the weekend at #5 is Homestead, the motion thriller starring Neal McDonough and Daybreak Olivieri that opened to $6 million in half the theaters as Sonic 3 and Mufasa. Gladiator 2 additionally fell to the #6 spot, nonetheless enjoying in 2,300 theaters however incomes solely $4.4 million. Ridley Scott’s legacy sequel has now earned $153 million domestically and $262 million internationally for a global haul of $416 million, nonetheless lower than the unique with a digital release date of December 24 (Christmas Eve).

‘Kraven the Hunter’ Loses Once more Whereas A24 Finds Success With ‘Queer’ and’ The Brutalist’

Throughout its second weekend in theaters, Kraven the Hunter dropped 72% and earned solely $3.1 million, bringing its home haul to $17 million and worldwide whole to $15 million, earning a measly $42 million globally, which isn’t even half of its reported $110 million finances. It was a giant weekend for A24, which premiered its Oscar contender for the 12 months with The Brutalist. The movie starring Adrien Brody and Guy Pearce earned $266,000 from solely 4 theaters, scoring a per-theater total of $66,000, the third highest of the 12 months. Daniel Craig’s Queer additionally added one other $364,000 to its whole, a 54% drop that was to be anticipated with the sheer quantity of blockbusters enjoying in theaters proper now. Queer has earned $2.8 million domestically and $370,000 from overseas markets for a worldwide whole of $3.2 million.

The week of Christmas is lastly right here, and there are three huge films hitting theaters on Christmas Day. The largest incoming contender for field workplace success is A Full Unknown, the Bob Dylan biopic starring Timothée Chalamet. Each of Chalamet’s final two movies, Wonka and Dune: Part Two, earned over $500 million worldwide, and along with his efficiency within the upcoming flick already producing Oscar buzz, this has each probability to do the identical. Robert Eggers‘ Nosferatu and Nicole Kidman’s Babygirl will even premiere in theaters this weekend, and whereas Eggers’ vampire flick ought to discover average success, neither is predicted to cope with the field workplace juggernauts on the prime of the rankings.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 has taken the highest spot on the field workplace from Moana 2. Keep tuned to Collider for extra box office updates and discover tickets under for a displaying of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 close to you.

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