Weekend two of January 2025 fared not too badly for both movie makers and their consumers, as the top releases of recent times, including the films that hit theaters this past week, did profitable business at the North American box office.

Continuing a years-long trend, the overall weekend haul is down 23 percent from the same weekend last year, according to IndieWire. However, thanks to the longevity of these big box office hits—Mufasa,

Reflecting back on 2024, it was a notably up and down year for films at the box office. The labor battles of 2023 forced some major schedule changes that had a big impact, and there were some notable flops and down periods,