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.

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,

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 moviegoers visited the Pride Lands, propelling Disney's "Mufasa: The Lion King” to the top of the box office. The family friendly adventure was the holiday’s highest-grossing release, earning $14.

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.