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Scheduled for release in Christmas 2024, Mufasa: The Lion King was once considered a potential savior for Disney’s box office prospects this season. However, early trailer reactions and social media metrics suggest the film is struggling even more than Disney’s previous releases like The Acolyte. On YouTube, the trailer garnered only 130,000 upvotes against a staggering 326,000 downvotes within just a week of release—an unmistakable sign of audience disinterest.