Though there isn't an "Avatar"-level smash hit at the holiday box office this year, there are several films that are getting good news on the charts in this final weekend of 2024 from second weekend tentpoles like Paramount's "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" and Disney's "Mufasa" to Focus and Searchlight's specialty alternatives "Nosferatu" and "A Complete Unknown.

The video game adaptation scored the second-best December openings ever for a PG-rated pic as Disney's follow-up to 2019's 'The Lion King' came in notably behind expectations.