News Summary

• Another Warner Bros. musical in current release, The Color Purple, is also doing well; the Christmas Day release has already made nearly $30 million domestically..
• Variety reports the film’s global haul has topped $270 million, which is great news for Warner Bros., a studio that has another big film anchored by Chalamet coming in March..
• But one should never doubt the power of chocolate... or a singing, dancing, Timothée Chalamet, because Wonka is a hit.Directed by Paddington and Paddington 2's Paul King, Wonka—released in theaters December 15—has already crossed the $100 million mark in the U.S..
• However, the news is not so rosy for a third Warner Bros. release: James Wan’s Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, which is closing out the current chapter of the DC Extended Universe with a bit of a whimper..
• It’s pulled in just over $50 million (a fraction of its $200 million-plus budget) since its December 22 release..
• We snickered at the concept when we first heard about Wonka, and we scratched our heads once we saw the trailers—especially the parts revealing Hugh Grant’s Ooompa-Loompa character..