Wonka gets off to a sweet start at the US box office
With nearly $40 million in revenue, Timothée Chalamet had families dancing all weekend in the USA.
Timothée Chalamet does he have as much Star Power in 2023 as Johnny Depp in 2005 ? His musical Wonka, inspired by the Roald Dahl classic, had a delightful start this weekend in American theaters. Raising $39 million in revenue since Friday, Wonka is already positioning itself as the family Christmas film. The prequel about the eccentric chocolatier should, according to analysts, ride the holidays and end-of-year celebrations to consolidate its entries.
For comparison, 20 years ago, Charlie and the chocolate factory had earned $56 million in its opening weekend in the United States, with stiff competition as Fantastic Four had just been released and the sixth volume of the literary saga Harry Potter landed in bookstores the same day. Johnny Depp had therefore pulled off a nice coup, ultimately collecting 475 million dollars worldwide.
Wonka will struggle to do as much, but aims to approach this score with the holidays. At the worldwide box office, Paul King’s feature film has already grossed $85 million.
In the rest of the US box office, we see the incredible resistance of Hunger Games. The prequel carried by Rachel Zegler takes another 6.1 million dollars and is in second position at the US box office for its fifth weekend of release! Since its release in November, the film has generated $145 million in the US and $300 million worldwide, proving that the flame for Panem burns bright again!
It should be noted that Miyazaki remains on the podium. After an excellent start, The boy and the heron slipped to third place with another $5.1 million. The film is approaching $25 million and $110 million worldwide. It is for the moment the 7th biggest success of the Japanese master, but could well fetch The wind picks up (2013), sixth with 136 million.
