Wonka
Summary
Wonkahas returned to No . 1 at the box post despite fierce competition . The movie musical , which was helmed byPaddingtondirector Paul King , star Timothée Chalamet as a youthful Willy Wonka alongside an ensemble cast that includes Hugh Grant , Olivia Colman , Keegan - Michael Key , Matt Lucas , Sally Hawkins , Rowan Atkinson , Jim Carter , and Natasha Rothwell . The picture opened two weekends before Christmas and quickly rose past the $ 250 million milestone at the global box office .
PerDeadline , theWonkabox officehas grossed an additional $ 8.9 million in North America on the post - Christmas Tuesday . This returns the flick to No . 1 on the domesticated daily chart for the first time since December 21 . It has outgrossed a wide variety of more late vacation time of year press release , includingAquaman and the Lost Kingdom , The Color Purple , Anyone But You , Migration , The Iron Claw , Ferrari , andThe Boys in the Boat .
Where Does Wonka Stand Among Recent Blockbusters?
This loge business office resultant role for theWonkareleaseisn’t whole sunny despite its reclamation of the No . 1 slot . Its $ 8.4 million gross is the second - lowly a No . 1 picture has ever gross on December 26 , just behindWonder char 1984 ’s $ 5.8 million in 2020 ’s severely pandemic - depressed theatrical thriftiness . However , the fact that it is a picture midway through its second full week may soften that suck fairly .
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It is fundamental that the pic is point longevity despite so many dissimilar movies taking up space in theaters . This means thatWonkacould keep to leg out to a strong resolution in the new year , as vacation season hit tend to perform consistently through January . This is what buoy the December 2017 sleeper hitThe Greatest Showman , which finally make $ 434.9 million worldwide despite a meager $ 8.8 million scuttle .
The Greatest Showmanis the 21st highest - gross movie of 2017 .
With this new influx of cash , theWonkamusicalis already holding a firm place as the eighteenth highest - gross movie of 2023 worldwide . Once outside grosses for Tuesday have been factored in , it may have already risen to No . 17 , above the bash hitCreed III . While it may be hard for it to rise above No . 15 , whereThe Hunger game : The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakessits at $ 315.3 million , the movie is a impregnable performing artist that should n’t be command for its succeeding potential given its ability to claw its way back up the chart .
Source : Deadline
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Cast
Wonka is a prequel film to Roald Dahl ’s classic novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and follows the root of the legendary candy God Almighty . From his first encounter with the Oompa Loompas to founding his pleasurably magnificent military headquarters , Wonka explores the character in a fresh sparkle . Timothee Chalamet assumes the role of Willy Wonka himself .
