The British actor was about to land the lead role in Mufasa: The Lion King, but the question from director Barry Jenkins had suddenly given him pause. He’d sung at home, privately in the shower.

More than the king of lions, Mufasa: 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.

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 Them Days” were ...

with females making up nearly 70 percent of ticket buyers and Black moviegoers, 48 percent. For the three-day weekend, it was in a dead-heat with Mufasa, but the latter pulled ahead for the four ...

LOS ANGELES – Mufasa has life in him after all. Mufasa: The Lion King, a photorealistic Lion King (1994 and 2019) prequel, arrived on cat paws at the Christmas box office, collecting a weak US$ ...

“I Always Wanted a Brother” from Mufasa: The Lion King is a top 10 hit on one Billboard chart, and ... [+] it's come very close to reaching the Hot 100 this week. Lin-Manuel Miranda at the ...

The R-rated Sony release earned $11.6 million from 2,675 theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday, beating Disney’s “Mufasa ... Notably it’s the first Black female-led theatrical ...

Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King continued to rule the worldwide box office this weekend, claiming the top spot on Comscore’s global chart for a fifth consecutive time with an estimated gross of ...

DISNEY’S Mufasa: The Lion King topped the North American box office ... “This is an excellent opening for an original Black American comedy,” he said, boosted by “sensational critics reviews and an ...

Universal Pictures’ Wicked has continued its tremendously strong run at the worldwide box office over the past week. The film has already taken in $709 million internationally, as per Box Office ...

One of Them Days earned an estimated $11.4 million. Mufasa: The Lion King came in a close second. The computer animated prequel to Disney's The Lion King, squeaked by with $11.5 million in ticket ...