We snickered at the concept when we first heard about Wonka, and we scratched our heads as soon as we noticed the trailers—particularly the elements revealing Hugh Grant’s Ooompa-Loompa character. However one ought to by no means doubt the facility of chocolate… or a singing, dancing, Timothée Chalamet, as a result of Wonka is successful.
Directed by Paddington and Paddington 2‘s Paul King, Wonka—launched in theaters December 15—has already crossed the $100 million mark within the U.S. Variety reports the movie’s international haul has topped $270 million, which is nice information for Warner Bros., a studio that has one other huge movie anchored by Chalamet coming in March. However whereas Dune: Half Two is anticipated to do nicely, contemplating the success of its predecessor, Wonka’s triumph is a little more shocking.
Perhaps it shouldn’t be, given the timing and the present box-office panorama: Wonka is a family-friendly musical that fills within the backstory of the beloved Roald Dahl character, so it holds nice enchantment for individuals in search of one thing to take their children to over the winter holidays. One other Warner Bros. musical in present launch, The Colour Purple, can be doing nicely; the Christmas Day launch has already made practically $30 million domestically. Nonetheless, the information isn’t so rosy for a 3rd Warner Bros. launch: James Wan’s Aquaman and the Misplaced Kingdom, which is closing out the present chapter of the DC Prolonged Universe with a little bit of a whimper. It’s pulled in simply over $50 million (a fraction of its $200 million-plus funds) since its December 22 launch. Perhaps WB ought to have made it a musical, too?
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