It's a race between 'Sonic the Hedgehog 3' and 'Mufasa: The Lion King' at the box office this weekend, but who will finish first? 'Sonic 3' is widely expected to outrun 'Mufasa' at the domestic box office and top the weekend with a three-day launch of $60 million. Exhibitors even believe it has a shot at $70 million. Meanwhile, 'Mufasa' is tracking to make $50 million domestically.
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00:00It's a race between Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Mufasa the Lion King at the box office this weekend.
00:05But who will finish first?
00:08Sonic 3 is widely expected to outrun Mufasa at the domestic box office and top the weekend with
00:13a three-day launch of $60 million. Exhibitors even believe it has a shot at $70 million.
00:18Meanwhile, Mufasa is tracking to make $50 million domestically. Both films also launch overseas.
00:24Sonic 3 sees Keanu Reeves join the franchise as Shadow the Hedgehog,
00:28a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything Team Sonic has faced before.
00:38Sonic 3 has been embraced by critics and posts a franchise-best critic score of 88%
00:43on Rotten Tomatoes. As for Mufasa, the origin story of Simba's father is garnering better
00:48reviews so far than 2019's The Lion King, which made north of $1 billion globally,
00:53but reviews are definitely mixed.
00:58The movie that blends live-action filmmaking techniques with photoreal computer-generated
01:10imagery was directed by Oscar-winner Barry Jenkins, with Lin-Manuel Miranda providing
01:14original songs. For more on this story and all the latest box office news and numbers,
01:19head to THR.com. This is The Hollywood Reporter News.