Synopsis
Mufasa is an orphaned cub, lost and alone until he meets a sympathetic lion named Taka—the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of an extraordinary group of misfits searching for their destiny, and their bonds will be tested as they work together to evade a threatening and deadly foe.
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Movie Details
| Production Budget: | $200,000,000 |
| Japan Releases: |
December 20th, 2024 (Wide), released as Mufasa: The Lion King (ライオン・キング ムファサ) |
| Video Release: |
February 18th, 2025 by Walt Disney Home Entertainment |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG for action/violence, peril and some thematic elements.
(Rating bulletin 2852 (cert #55021), 9/18/2024) |
| Running Time: |
118 minutes |
| Franchise: |
The Lion King |
| Keywords: |
Animal Lead, Talking Animals, Prequel, Musical Drama, Filmed in California, United States, Filmed in United States |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Musical |
| Production Method: | Animation/Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Kids Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: |
Walt Disney Pictures |
| Production Countries: |
United States |
| Languages: |
English |
January 24th, 2025
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Flight Risk started out with $950,000 in previews on Thursday. That’s a little behind expectations, and weak reviews mean it might not hold on all that well through the weekend. If it stumbles, Mufasa: The Lion King could still step in and grab a win in its eighth weekend in theaters.
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January 17th, 2025
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Wolf Man and One of Them Days arrive in theaters this weekend, and will likely make up two of the top three films at the box office. Wolf Man came in a little behind expectations with $1.4 million in previews yesterday, while One of Them Days arguably has more momentum going into the weekend, with its $1.3 million in previews just a shade higher than anticipated. It also has the better reviews of the two. Mufasa: The Lion King will benefit from the MLK weekend, and could yet win the weekend as a whole, but it’s looking like a close race.
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January 10th, 2025
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This should be the first “normal” weekend of the year in movie theaters, with the holidays behind us and some new releases arriving. The LA wildfires have had a minor impact on our business operations this week (and I’m happy to report that we’re all safe and unscathed so far), and it remains to be seen what impact they, along with wintery weather elsewhere in the country, will mean for theatrical business. Grosses were down quite steeply on Wednesday, but bounced back a little yesterday. Hopefully our underlying assumption that the effect will be fairly minor proves to be a good one.
There are a lot of contenders for the box office crown this weekend, but the model thinks Mufasa: The Lion King will stay top, just ahead of Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Given the many uncertainties, that’s hardly a sure-thing, and Den of Thieves 2: Pantera can’t be entirely ruled out as a possible chart-topper.
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December 20th, 2024
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 looks like it will not only win the weekend, but do so handily, as Mufasa: The Lion King looks surprisingly weak as of Friday morning. Both films should have long legs through the holidays, but Mufasa has a lot of ground to make up after posting just $3.3 million in previews on Thursday.
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April 29th, 2024
Barry Jenkins’ take on the Disney classic opens exclusively in theaters on December 20. Full movie details.
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Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
|---|
| 2024/12/20 |
- |
$2,401,475 |
|
0 |
|
$2,401,475 |
1 |
| 2024/12/27 |
- |
$1,698,132 |
-29% |
0 |
|
$5,695,780 |
2 |
| 2025/01/03 |
- |
$1,920,722 |
+13% |
0 |
|
$9,825,869 |
3 |
| 2025/01/10 |
- |
$872,378 |
-55% |
0 |
|
$11,503,176 |
4 |
| 2025/01/17 |
- |
$481,451 |
-45% |
0 |
|
$12,842,383 |
5 |
| 2025/01/24 |
- |
$355,446 |
-26% |
0 |
|
$13,367,376 |
6 |
| 2025/01/31 |
- |
$268,047 |
-25% |
0 |
|
$13,810,922 |
7 |
| 2025/02/07 |
- |
$138,925 |
-48% |
0 |
|
$14,061,843 |
8 |
| 2025/02/14 |
- |
$40,413 |
-71% |
0 |
|
$14,241,053 |
9 |
| 2025/02/21 |
- |
$18,281 |
-55% |
0 |
|
$14,268,683 |
10 |
| 2025/02/28 |
- |
$7,124 |
-61% |
0 |
|
$14,290,235 |
11 |
| 2025/03/07 |
- |
$1,867 |
-74% |
0 |
|
$14,293,429 |
12 |
| 2025/03/14 |
- |
$1,244 |
-33% |
0 |
|
$14,295,614 |
13 |
| 2025/03/21 |
- |
$475 |
-62% |
0 |
|
$14,296,854 |
14 |
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Production and Technical Credits
The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.
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