‘Wonka’ Leads Event-less Post-Christmas Wednesday, But Overall Daily Box Office +19% From 2022
deadline.comIt’s funky times at the holiday box office. At a glance, without a major monolith title in the marketplace and another pic leading with a single-digit take, it looks like a scenario of the tide failing to lift all boats.
On Wednesday, it was Warner Bros.’ Wonka that won the day with $8M at 4,213 theaters, moving its running cume to $102.5M on its 13th day (that’s 3% behind Disney’s 2018 musical Mary Poppins Returns at the same point in time, which ended its stateside run at $171.9M).
For the Wednesday following Christmas in the past two years, respectively, it was Avatar: The Way of Water that led with $20.5M in 2022 and Spider-Man: No Way Home with $20.3M.
Wonka is the 24th movie to cross $100M at the domestic box office in 2023. RELATED: ‘Wonka’ Review: Timothée Chalamet Brings Charm And Musical Talent To Delightful Origin Story Of Roald Dahl’s Famous Candy Man In second place Wednesday was Illumination/Universal’s Migration with $6.26M (-4% from Tuesday) at 3,761 theaters and a $30.6M running total, followed by Warner Bros/DC’s Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom in third at 3,706 theaters with $5.9M (-29%) and a $52.4M cume.
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