Wonka has crushed a new box office record. The 2023 musical, which stars Timothée Chalamet as a young Willy Wonka, took in a decent opening weekend of $39 million, then showed an outstanding week-on-week hold. Despite overwhelming competition from holiday season releases including Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, Migration, and Anyone But You, the movie has continued to stay afloat and is currently approaching the $200 million milestone at the domestic box office, a threshold that only eight previous 2023 releases have crossed.
Per Deadline, the Wonka box office is projected to add an additional $5.8 million at the domestic box office by the end of its seventh weekend in North American theaters, bringing its cumulative total to $195 million. This means it has taken the No. 3 spot on the chart behind The Beekeeper and Mean Girls, which are vying for No. 1. Of all the live-action movies on the chart of the Top 20 highest-grossing musicals of all time, this is the longest that any title has spent in the Top 3.
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Wonka
Wonka is a prequel film to Roald Dahl’s classic novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and follows the origins of the legendary candy maker. From his first encounter with the Oompa Loompas to founding his deliciously magnificent headquarters, Wonka explores the character in a new light. Timothee Chalamet assumes the role of Willy Wonka himself.
- Release Date
- December 15, 2023
- Director
- Paul King
- Cast
- Sally Hawkins , Olivia Colman , Keegan-Michael Key , Rowan Atkinson , Timothee Chalamet , Jim Carter
- Writers
- Paul King , Simon Farnaby
- Budget
- $125 million
- Studio(s)
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- prequel(s)
- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory , Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
