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Christmas Box Office: ‘Mufasa’ Tops ‘Sonic 3’ With $14.7 Million, ‘Nosferatu’ Opens Strong With $11.5 Million
'Mufasa' topped the Christmas box office with $14.7 million as 'Nosferatu' and 'A Complete Unknown' opened strong with $11.5 million and $7.2 million.
The film, which stars Timothee Chalamet as the freewheelin’ music legend and was directed by James Mangold, who oversaw the Johnny Cash biopic “Walk the Line,” has earned rave reviews and Oscar buzz. Musical biopics, like “Bob Marley: One Love,” “Elvis” and “Bohemian Rhapsody” have been a reliable genre and it helps that Chalamet has become a box office draw thanks to hits such as “Wonka” and “Dune: Part Two.” Every time he shows up at a screening, it goes viral. Amazon MGM Studios “The Fire Inside,” an inspirational sports drama about American professional boxer Claressa “T-Rex” Shields, opened to $1.7 million from from 2,006 theaters in North America on Wednesday.
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