Wonkas Surprisingly Sweet Box Office Helped Cure Warners Aquaman Blues Gizmodo
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- 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..
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