Talk about having some bite. “Nosferatu” drove a stake through box office expectations, delivering a hauntingly good $21.1 million over the traditional weekend and $40.3 million since debuting on Christmas Day.

Nosferatu has surprised everyone with a ferocious box office haul.

Robert Eggers 'Nosferatu' sank its teeth into the Christmas box with James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown', ushering in a heady holiday box office.

Nosferatu, a remake of a German Expressionist vampire movie from 1922 packed with period costumes and grisly murder, does not scream “Christmas Day release.” (I would say it screams more “MY NECK! MY NECK! WHAT HAVE YE DONE DEMON!? BE GONE!”)

Two family films are dominating the holiday box office, with “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” winning the three-day weekend over “Mufasa” by a blue hair

Lion and land critter continued to go at like an episode of Mutual Omaha’s Wild Kingdom this weekend with each studio screaming that they’re No. 1. If you look at the standard 3-day weekend, it’s Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog 3 with $38M while Disney’s Mufasa is looking

Family films “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” and “Mufasa” dominated the Christmas weekend box office, according to studio estimates released Sunday. Paramount’s “Sonic” earned $38M, edging out Disney’s “Mufasa” haul of $37.

It looks like there are two Christmas winners. Disney's Mufasa: The Lion King and Paramount's Sonic the Hedgehog 3 both get to claim bragging rights to winning the holiday box office crown as a topsy-turvy year at the box office comes to a close - or sort of,