After a substantial dip in Christmas Eve ticket sales, the five-day holiday movie-going season made a jump for the positive on Christmas Day, according to entertainment industry site Deadline.

“Mufasa may have entered this holiday season as a lamb, but he remembered who he was on Christmas Day, as Disney’s lion prequel rebounded at the box office with $14.7M to Sonic the Hedgehog 3’s $10.3M,” Deadline’s Anthony D’Alessandro wrote.

Focus Features’ Nosferatu took in $11.55M on its first day, actually putting it in second place. Based on the first two days, Deadline offered its predictions for the five-day holiday weekend: “Thanks to fierce competition, we’re bound to see a wealthier 5-day stretch than imagined. While Disney sees Mufasa as $50M+ from Wednesday to Sunday, now some have the outlook north of $80M with Sonic the Hedgehog 3 settling at $50M+. Disney saw presales that indicated that Mufasa was bound to win Christmas Day, however, the depression which this prequel endured in its opening weekend made that hard to believe.”