Box-Office Weekend: Wonka Is King
For the third week in a row, a new film sits atop the box-office weekend as Wonka debuted in the top spot, besting the second-place film by $33.2 million.
Over its first three days in release, Wonka brought in $39.0 million for Warner Bros., easily claiming the top spot of the weekend box office. In a distant second place, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes managed to earn $5.8 million in its fifth weekend in release for Lionsgate Films, bringing the film’s overall total to $145.2 million. Meanwhile, last weekend’s top film, The Boy and the Heron fell two spots to land in third place where it added $5.2 million for GKIDS, bringing its total gross to $23.1 million. Also falling a spot this weekend, and finishing in fourth place, was Godzilla Minus One with $4.9 million earned over the last three days. This gives the film a three-week total of $34.6 million. Dropping to fifth place from fourth, where it added $4.0 million over the weekend, was the Universal Pictures product Trolls Band Together. That film now boasts a five-week tally of $88.7 million.
Holding its ground in sixth place, Wish added $3.2 million over the weekend, bringing its four-week total to $54.3 million for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Also, standing pat in its previous position was Napoleon which brought in $2.2 million for Columbia Pictures, giving the film a four-week total of $57.0 million. Falling from fifth- to eighth-place this weekend, Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé made $2.0 million giving it a three-week total of $30.9 million. The second debut of the weekend, Poor Things landed in ninth-place where it made $1.3 million for Searchlight Pictures. Finally, holding steady in tenth place was The Shift which brought in $1.0 million for Angel Studios, raising its three-week total to $10.6 million.
Only two films were forced out of the top ten this weekend as last week’s eight- and ninth-place finishers but failed to make this weekend’s list. After climbing to eight-place last weekend, Waitress: The Musical did not repeat the effort this weekend, instead leaving with only $5.0 million to show for its limited release. Meanwhile, Animal dropped from ninth place last weekend sporting a three-week total of $13.6 million.
Weekend Box Office (December 15th – December 17th)
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- Wonka…$39.0 Million
- The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes…$5.8 Million
- The Boy and the Heron…$5.2 Million
- Godzilla Minus One…$4.9 Million
- Trolls Band Together…$4.0 Million
- Wish…$3.2 Million
- Napoleon…$2.2 Million
- Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé…$2.0 Million
- Poor Things…$1.3 Million
- The Shift…$1.0 Million
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