It’s one of those weekends at the box office, with two new releases pawing at one another in a closer-than-expected race. Sony’s buddy comedy “One of Them Days” is coming in on the higher end of initial projections after earning $4.

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.

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.

Universal's "Wolf Man" reboot was projected to climb to No. 1 on domestic box office charts. Yet Sony's "One of Them Days" may have the last laugh.

The Lion King also managed to pull out a last-minute win at the box office over the 4-day Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. While early estimates saw competitor One of Them Days winning the long weekend,

The weekend box office results are shaping up to be a “rooting for everyone Black” kind of scenario as both Barry Jenkins’ “Mufasa” and Lawrence Lamont’s “One of The

Universal and Blumhouse’s “ Wolf Man ” reboot and the Keke Palmer-led comedy “ One of Them Days ” will contend for the top slot on box office charts over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.

Universal's "Wolf Man" howls its way to No. 3, with "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" and "Den of Thieves 2: Pantera" close behind.

Issa Rae's 'One of them days' beats Disney's Mufasa at the box office during MLK weekend making history for Black women in Hollywood with $14 million earnings.

The buddy comedy One of Them Days had its moment in the spotlight this Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, narrowly surpassing Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King at the domestic box office. The Sony Pictures film,