These are unconventional times at the Christmas Box Office.
At first glance, without a major monolith in the market and another single-digit rise, it looks like a scenario where the tide can’t lift all boats.
On Wednesday it was Warner Bros.’ Wonka which brought him victory 8 million dollars in 4,213 cinemas and postpones the current cue to $102.5 million on day 13 (that’s down 3% from Disney’s 2018 musical). Mary Poppins returns At the same time, it ended its run in the United States with $171.9 million. This has been the case for the past two years on the Wednesday after Christmas Avatar: The Way of Water which led with $20.5 million in 2022 and Spider-Man: No Way Home with $20.3 million. Wonka is the 24th film to cross $100 million at the domestic box office in 2023.
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Illumination/Universal’s took second place on Wednesday migration of $6.26 million (-4% compared to Tuesday) in 3,761 cinemas and a $30.6 million Total, followed by Warner Bros/DC Aquaman and the lost kingdom in third place in 3,706 movie theaters $5.9 million (-29%) and a $52.4 million come. The good news when it matters Aquaman 2 is that the final deduction will be higher than DC’s feather blindness Shazam: Wrath of the Gods (which finished at $57.6 million). That is, for six days Aquaman 2 walk up and down the Marvel Studios trash can The wonderswhich grossed $53.5 million in its first six days and finished at $84.4 million.
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The shocking irony is that as lackluster as the top ten grossers, which sold only a million tickets during the week, the market as a whole is on the rise: Tuesday, December 26, is estimated to close $46.9 million, +24% compared to the same Tuesday a year ago. seen on wednesday $38.3 million+19% compared to the previous year.
What does it mean?
Essentially more depth at the box office for demo and remaining adult films: instead of last year on the Wednesday after Christmas, four films earned more than $1 million (Avatar 2, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever And I want to dance with someone), nine films were decisive this year.
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Still, a bland film now at the top of the box office will do no favors to the New Year’s take, which will already be a wasteland with only 29 theatrical releases by the end of April, compared to 44 in the January-April 2023 period. . team.
Warner Bros.’ musical, The color purple, The company, which was brilliant on Christmas Day with gross sales of $18.15 million, boosted by group sales, continues to decline, with Wednesday down 45% compared to Tuesday $3.9 million on 3 152. The total duration is three days 29 million dollarsabout $10 million in delinquent debt Les Misérables at the same time in 2012. This film closed its domestic release with $148.8 million.
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Initial industry estimates suggest that the four-day New Year’s weekend between Warners’ Wonka, Aquaman 2 And Color Purple at about $20 million a piece.
Fifth place went to Sony on Wednesday Everyone but you in 3,055 movie theaters $2.6 million+1% from Tuesday, with a total of six days of $13.3 million.
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The sixth goes to Amazon MGM’s film directed by George Clooney The boys in the boat in 2,557 cinemas and a $2.46 million Wednesday, -18% and rolling 3-day total of $11.1 million. Note that it provides a better grip than The color purple And FerrariWednesday (which you can see below). This World War II film about the University of Washington rowing team that competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics is set in the Heartland.
A24s The Iron Claw placed in 2,774 movie theaters $1.4 million-17% from Tuesday and six days in total $9.9 million.
Michael Mann, director of NeonN Ferrari I saw an estimate $1.2 million in 2,330 theaters, -20% and rising $5.65 millionIt’s nickels and dimes during the three-day run of Ridley Scott’s 2017 Christmas crime thriller All the money in the world simultaneously ($5.7 million).
Ninth place goes to Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, how disgusting $1.1 million-12% from Tuesday, in 1,680 theaters with a running total halfway through Week 6 $155.8 million.
Gkids and Studio Ghibilis The boy and the heron saw $837,000 in 900 locations, down 2% from Tuesday, for a $32.6 million midweek 3 total.
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Source: Deadline
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