The fantasy adventure comedy film "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" has won the weekend box office championship in North America. According to the movie market data released by the box office statistics website BoxOfficeMojo on December 29th, the North American weekend box office of 30 films (from December 27th to 29th) grossed about $163 million, with an upward curve of about 15% month on month growth as the closing point of the North American weekend box office in 2024. This is also the highest year-end data for North American weekend box office in nearly 5 years. The second weekend box office of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 decreased by 36.8% compared to the previous period, and it remained at the top of the latest North American weekend box office with about 38 million US dollars. The North American box office of the film is currently about 138 million US dollars, and the global box office is about 212 million US dollars. In just 10 days of release, "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" has approached its first release in 2020 at the North American box office. The fantasy music animated film "Mufasa: The Lion King" saw a 4.8% increase in box office on its second weekend of release, continuing to rank second on the current chart with approximately $37.1 million. Since its debut on December 20th, it has grossed approximately $113 million in North America and quickly reached a global box office of approximately $328 million. The three new films released on December 25th, including the fantasy suspense horror film "Nosferatu," the biographical music drama film "A Complete Unknown," and the sports biographical drama film "The Fire Inside," also made it to the top ten weekend box office hits in North America this round. Nosferatu "won third place at the opening weekend box office with approximately $21.15 million. Currently, major film websites rate it as IMDb 7.8, MTC 78, Rotten Tomatoes freshness 86% (219 reviews), and CinemaScore B -. The film 'Unknown Kids' ranked 6th in its opening weekend box office with approximately $11.6 million, and received an IMDb rating of 7.9, an MTC rating of 73, a Rotten Tomatoes freshness rating of 78% (189 reviews), and a CinemaScore rating of A. The film was directed and co written by James Mangold, and was nominated for Best Feature Film at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards. Its cast is full of stars. "Sweet Tea" Timothy Chalamet was nominated as the best actor of the drama film at the 82nd American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards, and Edward Norton was nominated as the best supporting actor. Heart Fire "debuted at 10th place with a box office of approximately $2.03 million over the weekend, receiving an IMDb rating of 6.9, an MTC rating of 79, a Rotten Tomatoes freshness rating of 94% (85), and a CinemaScore rating of A. It is worth mentioning that another popular award season contestant, "Babygirl," topped the list at number 7 with a weekend box office of approximately $4.39 million. This suspenseful thriller film, written and directed by Harina Reikin, was nominated for the Golden Lion Award in the main competition section of the 81st Venice International Film Festival. Hollywood star Nicole Kidman won the Best Actress award at the 81st Venice International Film Festival and was nominated for Best Actress in a Motion Picture at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards for her performance in the film. In the new week, historical drama films such as "Vermiglio," which won the Silver Lion Jury Prize at the 81st Venice International Film Festival and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards, will be released on January 3, 2025. (New Society)