Mufasa topped the Christmas day chart with $15 million, followed by filmmaker Robert Egger's new star-studded vampire pic Nosferatu with a promising $11.6 million and Sonic 3 with $10.7 million. A horror-fantasy,

The Lion King’ prequel had a bumpy start, debuting with a meager $35 million. While it's expected to make up some ground, 'Mufasa' still has ways to go.

: Update for more analysis ….Mufasa may have entered this holiday season as a lamb, but he remembered who he was on Christmas Day, as Disney’s lion prequel rebounded at the box office with $14.7M to Sonic the Hedgehog 3’s $10.

That success for “Mufasa” isn’t coming at the expense of “Sonic 3,” which continues to hum along with $10.3 million on Wednesday. The video game adaptation now has $88 million domestic and should reach $125-130 million by Sunday as it begins its overseas rollout.

Mufasa: The Lion King features Aaron Pierre as the titular character. Now, the prequel movie has topped Nosferatu at the Christmas day box office.

The "Lion King" prequel was the biggest movie in North American theaters on Xmas. See what else people watched.

Disney’s Mufasa opened far less than its predecessor and ranked below Paramount’s Sonic 3 at the US Box office.

Christmas proved to be a popular day for U.S. moviegoers, with viewers contributing to a $14.7 million day for Disney’s “Mufasa: The Lion King,” according to multiple outlets, as the live-action film took the No.