Today, Disney posted a social media post that is making many people raise their eyebrows.
They claim that “Mufasa: The Lion King” is the number one movie in the world. Yes, right now it is, because “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” hasn’t been released in the global market yet.
The #1 movie in the world is “hilarious” and will take you on an “epic adventure.”
Get tickets for #Mufasa: The Lion King, now playing only in theaters! pic.twitter.com/xiHaQjo2E4
— Walt Disney Studios (@DisneyStudios) December 22, 2024
The film is currently at about $122 million (With $87.2 million from the international market), and this is still well below the expectation of $180 million globally.
“Sonic the Hedgehog 3” has destroyed “Mufasa: The Lion King” domestically, but it hasn’t released world wide yet.
“Sonic 3” is beating the crap out of “Mufasa” domestically. Disney is adding the global box office total to indicate they are winning and is the #1 film in the world this weekend. While technically true, it is misleading and sounds desperate.
This lead will likely be short-lived when “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” opens globally in most markets right after Christmas.
“Mufasa: The Lion King” already released in many of the countries that “Sonic” is still pending in.
If we want to compare apples to apples, we need to wait until “Sonic 3” actually has a wide global release. Until then Disney’s celebration is shallow and shortlived.
It was very premature of Disney to make that claim.
Now people on X say Disney is hiding replies.
I can not confirm if this is true, but many say it is.
That’s interesting
Let’s check the hidden replies https://t.co/T6OIywc4H7 pic.twitter.com/Gr3xn2vfp1
— The Eggman (@TheCartoonLoon) December 22, 2024
Disney is getting wrecked in the comments and hiding replies, wild https://t.co/FXQrK01huV
— Jay D3PO (@Drunk3po) December 22, 2024
Disney out here really afraid of Sonic & Shadow fans, so they decided to hide a TON of #SonicMovie3 replies thinking they’d never notice.
Disney was wrong!🤣 https://t.co/tnnQJNxvbL pic.twitter.com/pB192Xeswt
— BlueKnight V2.0 (@Blueknight_V2) December 22, 2024
Disney hiding the replies: https://t.co/QQR3IN5HjL pic.twitter.com/cEtEs4sz8d
— GenerationGame (@GenerationGameX) December 22, 2024
If Disney is indeed doing this, it makes them look desperate to win and spin the narrative.
Frankly, if you are a family wanting to go to the movies, you have two films you can see. It’s a win either way.
That being said, I have no desire to see “Mufasa” because I don’t like the seeming retconning and I’m tired of live-action films. I do want to see Sonic, though.
What do you think? Comment and let us know!
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