Timothée Chalamet’s ‘Wonka’ tops global box office
nme.comTimothée Chalamet‘s Wonka has topped the global box office.The musical prequel directed by Paul King pulled in a whopping $92.6million (£73.1million) over the weekend, topping the box office in 60 of its 77 international markets, according to Screen Daily.
Its worldwide total currently stands at $150million (£118.4million).In the US, it made its debut pulling in $39million (£30.8million) over the weekend to top the box office and enjoyed strong openings in France at $5.1million (£4million) and Australia $4million (£3.2million).The UK/Ireland leads the international pack with $23.2million (£18.3million) after 10 days, ahead of Mexico with $11.2million (£8.3million).
Germany at $6.8million (£5.4million) is just ahead of Spain with $6.4million (£5million) and Japan which in came in at $6.3million (£4.97million).Chalamet stars as the titular Willy Wonka in the musical prequel, which follows a younger version of the world-famous chocolatier as he attempts start his own shop.In a four-star review of the film, NME wrote: “Wonka has charm, heart and eye-popping visuals from start to finish.
A scene-stealing Hugh Grant provides the comic highlights as Lofty, a supercilious Oompa Loompa with a grudge against Chalamet’s title character, while the film’s emotional beats come from Willy’s flowering friendship with book-loving orphan Noodle (Calah Lane).
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