Mufasa: The Lion King continues to roar at the box office, where it looks to beat One of Them Days - the first female-led Black comedy since 2017’s Girls Trip - over the long Martin Luther King Jr. holiday crown as Wolf Man gets gouged.

Heading into the long weekend, Universal’s “Wolf Man” reboot was projected to climb to No. 1 on domestic box office charts. Yet Sony’s “One of Them Days,” an R-rated buddy comedy starring Keke Palmer and SZA,

The Keke Palmer buddy comedy “One of Them Days” has opened in first place on the North American box office charts on a particularly slow Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend

Per Deadline, Mufasa: The Lion King is projected to earn $11.5 million through Sunday and $15.5 million through the four-day MLK holiday weekend. If the estimate holds it will boost Mufasa’s running domestic tally to $209.7 million since its Dec. 20, 2024, opening.

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SZA and Keke Palmer's 'One of Them Days' is just behind 'Wolf Man' in its box office opening, as the two race for second behind 'Mufasa.'

The R-rated Sony release earned $11.6-million from 2,675 theatres to top the box office on a particularly slow Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend

The bad news overall: it looks to be one of the slowest MLK weekends in years as Hollywood and theaters prepare for another slowdown in product in the first quarter of 2025. Speaker Mike Johnson Suggests "Conditions" Needed on Federal Aid for L.