The Walt Disney Pictures musical drama — a prequel and sequel to 2019’s “The Lion King,” which was a remake of the original 1994 movie — earned $7.6 million on Friday, according to The ...

The movie, a prequel to director Jon Favreau’s 2019 photorealistic “The Lion King” remake, powered to $87.2 million overseas and $122 million globally.

The photorealistic “Lion King” prequel even opened wider than “Sonic 3,” launching on 4,100 theaters and gobbling up most IMAX screens, compared with 3,761 locations for “Sonic 3.” ...

Box Office: ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’ Dashes to $25.7 Million Opening Day, ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ Trails With $13.3 Million By J. Kim Murphy ...

The “Lion King” prequel arrived to weak ticket sales last month, but moviegoers have since embraced it, pushing global box office returns toward $700 million. By Brooks Barnes Reporting from ...

The photorealistic “Lion King” prequel even opened wider than “Sonic 3,” launching on 4,100 theaters and gobbling up most IMAX screens, compared with 3,761 locations for “Sonic 3.” ...

It is also garnering better reviews so far than 2019’s The Lion King, which made north of $1 billion globally, but are definitely mixed (it currently rests at 60 percent on Rotten Tomatoes).

Sonic (voiced by Ben Schwartz) in “Sonic the Hedgehog 3" sped past “Mufasa: The Lion King” at the box office over the weekend. Courtesy of Paramount Pictures and Sega of America, Inc.