https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/12/22/sonic-3-bests-mufasa-the-lion-king-at-the-box-office/ > By Jake Coyle | Associated Press > NEW YORK — In the holiday season battle of big-budget family movies, Paramount Pictures’ “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” sped past the Walt Disney Co.’s “Mufasa: The Lion King” to take the top spot at the box office ahead of the lucrative Christmas corridor in theaters.