Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King is roaring at the box office as it inches closer to the $550 million mark, surpassing Sony’s Venom 3 in the process.
Directed by Barry Jenkins, Mufasa: The Lion King hit theaters across the world on December 20, 2024. Featuring a talented cast with stars like Aaron Pierre, Mads Mikkelsen, Tiffany Boone, Kelvin Harrison Jr, and more, the film is a prequel to the 2019 movie The Lion King.
Mufasa: The Lion King’s box office ranks ninth among top 10 movies of 2024
Mufasa: The Lion King is showing constant growth at the box office as it entered its fourth weekend. According to a report by Deadline, the worldwide collection of Mufasa is now standing at $539.7 million, taking it to the 9th rank on the world box office chart of 2024. The movie is looking to touch the $550 million mark soon.
The prequel has beaten Sony Entertainment’s blockbuster sequel Venom: The Last Dance as it has soared past The Last Dance’s lifetime gross of $478 million.
Below are the top 10 movies of 2024 as they now stand as per Box Office Mojo:
- Inside Out 2 – $1,698,778,437
- Deadpool & Wolverine – $1,338,073,645
- Moana 2 – $989,755,208
- Despicable Me 4 – $969,183,984
- Dune: Part Two – $714,444,358
- Wicked – $697,615,060*
- Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire – $571,750,016
- Kung Fu Panda 4 – $547,689,492
- Mufasa: The Lion King – $539,677,479*
- Venom: The Last Dance – $478,103,649
The collections of Mufasa: The Lion King are still growing at a steady pace, hence, it is likely that the movie will move up on the chart. The Disney production has the chance of reaching 7th rank and surpassing Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.
However, it will be an uphill battle for the Disney prequel to surpass the collections of Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo’s Wicked and Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya’s Dune: Part Two.
