Despite a better than expected showing by "One of Them Days" (Sony), with $11.6 million in three days for the $14 million, Issa Rae-produced R-rated comedy, this was a pathetic box office for a weekend ahead of MLK Day.

SZA and Keke Palmer's 'One of Them Days' is just behind 'Wolf Man' in its box office opening, as the two race for second behind 'Mufasa.'

The Lion King, meanwhile, is looking to recapture the weekend box office crown a week after it was dethroned by Gerard Butler and O’Shea Jackson Jr.’s Den of Thieves 2: Pantera. Per Deadline, Mufasa: The Lion King is projected to earn $12 million through Sunday and $16 million through the four-day MLK holiday weekend.

Mufasa: The Lion King continues to roar at the box office, where it looks to beat One of Them Days - the first female-led Black comedy since 2017’s Girls Trip - over the long Martin Luther King Jr. holiday crown as Wolf Man gets gouged.

After everyone ran to the movies over the holidays, they’re doing something else this weekend with Disney’s Mufasa in its fifth weekend looking to upset the MLK 4-day frame with an estimated $16M take.