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.

Many were quick to write off Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King when it lost badly to Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog 3 last weekend, but the landscape changed on Wednesday as families became more available after holiday duties. Timothée Chalamet’s ...

Though it won't get anywhere near $1 billion, let alone the $1.65 billion of the 2019 "Lion King" remake, "Mufasa" is shrugging off the threat of becoming a box office flop after a poor pre-Xmas start.