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US Box Office Weekend Report 29th - 31st December 2023: Wonka goes back to the top of the chart after giving it up for Aquaman for a week

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Wonka
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom falls from the top of the US box office after a single weekend as Wonka goes back to the top.

Wonka goes back tup with a weekend gross of $23.9 Million, a 25% increase over last weekend, which gives the movie a total gross of $134.9 Million at the US box office.

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is at 2 with $19.5 Million, a 30% drop over its debut.

Top new movie of the weekend is the musical version of The Colour Purple which makes its debut at 4 with $13 Million after its Christmas day debut.

US Box Office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Wonka (2nd Weekend)
  • Highest debut - The Colour Purple (@4)
  • Longest run - The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (7 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes ($159,867,500)
  • Best Percentage change week on week - Anyone But You (33%)
  • Total US top 15 this weekend - $115,026,322
  • Also new this weekend
    • The Boys In the Boat
    • Ferrari
  • Check out the full US box office.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 29th - 31st December 2023

Wonka

  • The movie goes up the chart to Number 1 on this weekends US box office
  • It has spent 2 weeks at the top of the US box office.
  • It grosses $23,950,000 over the weekend, a 25% increase from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $134,902,717 after 3 weekends of release
  • The movie is the th top grossing film so far in 2024

  • The movie goes down the chart to Number 2 on this weekends US box office
  • It grosses $19,500,000 over the weekend, a 30% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $77,845,000 after 2 weekends of release
  • The movie is the th top grossing film so far in 2024
  • The movie is a sequel to Aquaman which took $189,048,186 at the box office after 2 weekends of release.

  • The movie remains at Number 3 on this weekends US box office
  • It grosses $17,230,000 over the weekend, a 28% increase from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $54,322,645 after 2 weekends of release
  • The movie is the th top grossing film so far in 2024

The Colour Purple

Highest New Movie This Weekend

  • The movie is the Highest Debut on this weekends US box office chart.
  • It has a total gross of $13,000,000 after 1 weekends of release
  • The movie is the th top grossing film so far in 2024

  • The movie goes down the chart to Number 5 on this weekends US box office
  • It grosses $9,000,000 over the weekend, a 33% increase from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $25,085,000 after 2 weekends of release
  • The movie is the th top grossing film so far in 2024

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

  1. Wonka - $22,477,006
  2. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom - $18,271,620
  3. Migration - $17,011,310
  4. The Colour Purple - $11,737,072
  5. Anyone But You - $8,751,971
  6. The Boys In the Boat - $8,400,548
  7. The Iron Claw - $5,044,847
  8. Ferrari - $3,921,773
  9. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - $2,873,151
  10. The Boy and the Heron - $2,382,737
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