What We’re Watching: ‘Wonka’ Back on Top at Box Office

CITY NEWS SERVICE
Published on Dec 31, 2023

It was another good weekend for Warner Bros., which took three of the top four slots at this weekend’s box office.

Back in first place was “Wonka,” which earned just under $24 million, followed by “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,” which pulled in $19.5 million, Comscore reported.

“Migration,” in its second week in theaters, increased its earnings by nearly $5 million $17.2 million to again finish in third.

In addition to the top two grossing films of the last couple of weeks – – a prequel and a sequel — Warner Bros. also had the fourth-highest-grossing pic, with a reimagined film, “The Color Purple,” which made $13 million over the weekend.

Sony’s “Anyone But You” finished in fifth place, with $9 million.

Rounding out the top 10 domestic releases, as estimated by Comscore, were “The Boys in the Boat ($8.3 million), “The Iron Claw ($5 million), Ferarri ($4.1 million), “Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes ($2.9 million) and The Boy and the Heron ($2.5 million).

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