There’s good news at the MLK weekend box office for films like Sony’s new buddy comedy “One of Them Days” as well as more milestones for Christmas holdovers “Mufasa” and “Sonic the Hedgehog 3,” but this holiday period is proving to be a weak one for theaters.

One of Them Days shocked the box office this weekend as the SZA and Keke Palmer comedy passed Universal’s Wolf Man reboot. The Sony movie opened in second place at $11.6 million at 2,675 North American theaters-with an estimated $14 million more expected through the end of the holiday weekend on Monday.

The Lion King" topped the North American box office on a long holiday weekend after ceding the top spot a week earlier, analysts said Sunday.

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' roars and 'One of Them Days' starts strong, but the box office ahead of MLK Day was much lower than it had been in past years.

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

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,

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

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

One of Them Days” was the No. 1 movie at the North American box office on a slow Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Comscore. The R-rated movie from Sony (NYSE:SONY) grossed $11.