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# Another sweet weekend for ‘Wonka’
- URL: https://www.theomnicosm.com/the-box-office-report-another-sweet/
- Published: 2024-01-08T12:01:15.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-02T18:18:20.000Z
- Description: We’re back after a few weekends off — and Timothée Chalamet’s prequel is still the top film.
- Author: Bill Kuchman
- Tags: Popculturology • The Box Office Report, Popculturology, Wonka, Timothee Chalamet

Hello! Welcome to **The** **Box Office Report** for the weekend of Jan. 5-7, 2024\. 

## 1\. Wonka

**Weekend gross:* $14.4M* 
**Total domestic gross:* $164.7M* 
**Last weekend:* 1st* 
**Percent drop:* 36*

**The Box Office Report** was off the past two weekends, and I definitely wasn’t expecting to still be talking about *Wonka* at No. 1 when I returned.

With one blip over Christmas weekend, the **Timothée Chalamet** prequel has ruled the box office since its premiere on Dec. 15\. Wonka slipped to No. 2 when *Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom* debuted at No. 1 but regained the top spot the following weekend while holding off new releases like *Migration*, *Anyone But You*, *The Iron Claw*, *The Color Purple* and *Night Swim*.

*Wonka* is now director **Paul King**’s biggest hit. In addition to grossing $164.7 million in North America, the film stands at $465.9 million worldwide. These hauls outgross *Paddington* ($76.2 million domestic, $252.4 million worldwide) and *Paddington 2* ($40.9 million domestic, $192.7 million worldwide).

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## 2\. Night Swim

**Weekend gross:* $12M* 
**Total domestic gross:* $12M* 
**Last weekend:* New release* 
**Percent drop:* NA*

A quiet box office debut for director/screenwriter **Bryce McGuire**. *Night Swim* is the latest horror film from **Jason Blum**’s Blumhouse Productions and **James Wan**’s Atomic Monster. Is a $12 million opening weekend enough for the supernatural *Night Swim* pool to join the Blumhouse/Atomic Monster world of horror franchises?

## 3\. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

**Weekend gross:* $10.6M* 
**Total domestic gross:* $100M* 
**Last weekend:* 2nd* 
**Percent drop:* 42*

While **The Box Office Report** was off, *Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom* drew the curtain on the DCEU. The fifteenth and final film in the cinematic universe kicked off by *Man of Steel* in 2013, the *Aquaman* sequel opened at No. 1 with a $27.7 million debut (the fourth smallest in DCEU history) before dropping to No. 2 last weekend and No. 3 this weekend.

*Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom* hit the $100 million mark in North America this weekend — an achievement that the original *Aquaman* movie did in just five days. Through its third weekend, the first *Aquaman*’s domestic gross stood at $260 million.

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## 4\. Migration

**Weekend gross:* $10.3M* 
**Total domestic gross:* $77.8M* 
**Last weekend:* 3rd* 
**Percent drop:* 40*

*Migration* is the latest animated film from Illumination, the studio that gave the world the Minions. Illumination is also responsible for *The Super Mario Bros. Movie*, a film that grossed a whopping $1.36 billion worldwide last year.

*Migration* is not *The Super Mario Bros. Movie*. While it filled a need for a family friendly moviegoing option over the holidays, *Migration*’s worldwide box office gross of $150.7 million through three weekends just barely beats out the $146.4 million that *Mario* grossed over its North American opening weekend alone.

## 5\. Anyone But You

**Weekend gross:* $9.5M* 
**Total domestic gross:* $43.7M* 
**Last weekend:* 5th* 
**Percent increase:* 9*

Here’s an odd one: More people seem to be seeing *Anyone But You*, the romcom starring **Sydney Sweeney** and **Glen Powell**, each weekend it’s been in theaters.

The film debuted with $6 million two weekends ago. Last weekend it jumped 46 percent for an $8.8 million haul. And now this weekend, *Anyone But You* brought in $9.5 million.

*Box office numbers via* [*The Numbers*](http://www.the-numbers.com/?ref=theomnicosm.com) *based on Sunday estimates.*

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