Posted December 24, 2023 by Mike Tyrkus in News

Box-Office Weekend: Aquaman Assumes the Throne

A new film claimed the top spot of the box-office weekend top ten as Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom finished $10.4 million ahead of the second-place film in the three days prior to the Christmas holiday.

Despite bringing in $28.1 million over the course of its opening weekend, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom couldn’t have been more disappointing for Warner Bros. as it opened to less-than-positive reviews and seems destined to be the final nail in the coffin of the current iteration of DC Extended Cinematic Universe. The debut of the latest DC film pushed Wonka to second place in its second week of release where it picked up $17.7 million, bringing its overall total to $75.2 million for Warner Bros. Universal Pictures enjoyed a third-place debut for Migration where it made $12.3 million for the studio. Anyone But You debuted in fourth place, adding $6.2 million to thew coffers over at Columbia Pictures. Fifth place was claimed by Salaar which brought in $5.5 million in it first weekend of release.

Debuting in sixth place with $5.1 million was the A24 product The Iron Claw. Meanwhile, The Boy and the Heron fell from third to seventh where it added $3.154 million in its third week of release, bringing its total to $30.6 million for GKIDS. This was just enough to best The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes which brought in just $3.150 million, dropping it six spots to finish in eighth place. Still the film sports a six-week total of $149.3 million for Lionsgate Films. Falling five places to land in ninth was Godzilla Minus One with $2.7 million, giving the film a four-week tally of $40.4 million. Finally, after claiming ninth place last weekend, Poor Things fell to tenth place where it added $2.1 million for Searchlight Pictures, bringing its three-week total to $5.1 million.

This weekend saw a major shakeup as five films from last week’s list left the top ten. After six weeks, Trolls Band Together departs with an overall total of $93.0 million. Wish also failed to make the top ten this weekend, but does leave with a five-week tally of $57.5 million. Meanwhile, after five weeks in release, Napoleon vacates the box-office battleground $59.2 million richer. After three weeks in release, Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé drops from the top ten after bringing in a total of $31.9 million. Finally, following three weeks in release, The Shift is pushed from the top ten with a final total of $11.3 million.

Weekend Box Office (December 22nd – December 24th)

1. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom…$28.1 Million
2. Wonka…$17.7 Million
3. Migration…$12.3 Million
4. Anyone But You…$6.2 Million
5. Salaar…$5.5 Million
6. The Iron Claw…$5.1 Million
7. The Boy and the Heron…$3.154 Million
8. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes…$3.150 Million
9. Godzilla Minus One…$2.7 Million
10. Poor Things…$2.1 Million

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Mike Tyrkus

Editor in Chief at CinemaNerdz.com

An independent filmmaker, co-writer and director of over a dozen short films, the Editor in Chief of CinemaNerdz.com has spent much of the last three decades as a writer and editor specializing in biographical and critical reference sources in literature and the cinema, beginning in February 1991 reviewing films for his college newspaper. He was a member of the Detroit Film Critics Society, as well as the group's webmaster and one-time President for over a decade until the group ceased to exist. His contributions to film criticism can be found in Magill's Cinema Annual, VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever (of which he was the editor for nearly a decade until it too ceased to exist), the International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, and the St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia (on which he collaborated with editor Andrew Sarris). He has also appeared on the television program Critic LEE Speaking alongside Lee Thomas of FOX2 and Adam Graham, of The Detroit News. He currently lives in the Detroit area with his wife and their dogs.