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Weekend box office report: 22-24 December 2023

1. Wonka

With dreams of opening a shop in a city renowned for its chocolate, a young and poor Willy Wonka discovers that the industry is run by a cartel of greedy chocolatiers.
  • Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
  • Director(s): Paul King
  • Writer(s): Roald Dahl, Paul King, Simon Farnaby
  • Actors(s): Timothée Chalamet, Gustave Die, Murray McArthur
  • Runtime: 116 min
  • Total gross to date: $37,149,971.00
  • Weekend gross: $7,234,062.00
  • Number of cinemas: 787
  • Site average: $9,263.00
  • Country of origin: UK/USA
  • Distributor: Warner Bros
  • Change from last week: 14
  • Weeks on release: 3
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.0/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 82%

2. Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom

Plot unknown. Sequel to the 2018 film 'Aquaman.'
  • Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
  • Director(s): James Wan
  • Writer(s): David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, James Wan, Jason Momoa
  • Actors(s): Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
  • Runtime: 124 min
  • Total gross to date: $4,250,904.00
  • Weekend gross: $2,484,442.00
  • Number of cinemas: 612
  • Site average: $4,073.00
  • Country of origin: UK/USA
  • Distributor: Warner Bros
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 1
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 5.6/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 34%

3. Dunki

When his friends in Punjab struggle to clear the immigration process, an ex-soldier guides them on a risky journey to enter the UK without permission.
  • Genre: Comedy, Drama
  • Director(s): Rajkumar Hirani
  • Writer(s): Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani, Kanika Dhillon
  • Actors(s): Taapsee Pannu, Ryan Cretney, Priya Sindher
  • Runtime: 160 min
  • Total gross to date: $1,090,816.00
  • Weekend gross: $707,495.00
  • Number of cinemas: 244
  • Site average: $2,924.00
  • Country of origin: Ind/UK
  • Distributor: Yash Raj
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 1
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.8/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 48%

4. Wish

A young girl named Asha wishes on a star and gets a more direct answer than she bargained for when a trouble-making star comes down from the sky to join her.
  • Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
  • Director(s): Chris Buck, Fawn Veerasunthorn
  • Writer(s): Jennifer Lee, Allison Moore, Chris Buck
  • Actors(s): Ariana DeBose, Chris Pine, Alan Tudyk
  • Runtime: 95 min
  • Total gross to date: $8,667,529.00
  • Weekend gross: $658,176.00
  • Number of cinemas: 687
  • Site average: $993.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Disney
  • Change from last week: 12
  • Weeks on release: 5
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 5.6/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 48%

5. Salaar

The fate of a violently contested kingdom hangs on the fraught bond between two friends-turned-foes in this saga of power, bloodshed and betrayal.
  • Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
  • Director(s): Prashanth Neel
  • Writer(s): Sandeep Reddy Bandla, Choudary Hanuman, Prashanth Neel
  • Actors(s): Prabhas, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Shruti Haasan
  • Runtime: 175 min
  • Total gross to date: $514,638.00
  • Weekend gross: $394,578.00
  • Number of cinemas: 176
  • Site average: $2,242.00
  • Country of origin: Ind
  • Distributor: Dreamz Entertainment
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 1
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.5/10

6. Elf (20th Anniversary)

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  • Total gross to date: $1,480,615.00
  • Weekend gross: $393,577.00
  • Number of cinemas: 561
  • Site average: $703.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Warner Bros
  • Change from last week: 119
  • Weeks on release: 4
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7. The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes

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  • Total gross to date: $17,069,148.00
  • Weekend gross: $309,585.00
  • Number of cinemas: 476
  • Site average: $685.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Lionsgate
  • Change from last week: -49
  • Weeks on release: 6
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8. Home Alone (Re: 2018)

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  • Total gross to date: $2,921,304.00
  • Weekend gross: $304,366.00
  • Number of cinemas: 503
  • Site average: $608.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Park Circus
  • Change from last week: 72
  • Weeks on release: 265
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9. It's A Wonderful Life (1946) (75th Anniversary)

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  • Total gross to date: $1,280,209.00
  • Weekend gross: $269,149.00
  • Number of cinemas: 347
  • Site average: $780.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Park Circus
  • Change from last week: 279
  • Weeks on release: 108
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10. The Polar Express (Re: 2014)

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  • Total gross to date: $1,324,706.00
  • Weekend gross: $255,527.00
  • Number of cinemas: 386
  • Site average: $662.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Park Circus
  • Change from last week: 165
  • Weeks on release: 473
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11. Godzilla Minus One

Post war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.
  • Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
  • Director(s): Takashi Yamazaki
  • Writer(s): Ishirô Honda, Takeo Murata, Takashi Yamazaki
  • Actors(s): Minami Hamabe, Sakura Andô, Ryunosuke Kamiki
  • Runtime: 124 min
  • Total gross to date: $1,684,765.00
  • Weekend gross: $211,477.00
  • Number of cinemas: 428
  • Site average: $506.00
  • Country of origin: Jpn
  • Distributor: Anime Ltd
  • Change from last week: -74
  • Weeks on release: 2
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 8.3/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 98%

12. Napoleon

An epic that details the chequered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.
  • Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography
  • Director(s): Ridley Scott
  • Writer(s): David Scarpa
  • Actors(s): Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, Tahar Rahim
  • Runtime: 158 min
  • Total gross to date: $13,403,164.00
  • Weekend gross: $210,711.00
  • Number of cinemas: 507
  • Site average: $442.00
  • Country of origin: UK/USA
  • Distributor: Sony Pictures
  • Change from last week: -57
  • Weeks on release: 5
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.4/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 57%

13. The Muppet Christmas Carol (30th Anniversary)

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  • Total gross to date: $937,521.00
  • Weekend gross: $206,190.00
  • Number of cinemas: 411
  • Site average: $503.00
  • Country of origin: USA/UK
  • Distributor: Park Circus
  • Change from last week: 307
  • Weeks on release: 56
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14. Die Hard (30th Anniversary)

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  • Total gross to date: $979,320.00
  • Weekend gross: $110,807.00
  • Number of cinemas: 260
  • Site average: $428.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Park Circus
  • Change from last week: 98
  • Weeks on release: 264
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15. Home Alone 2: Lost In New York (Re: 2018)

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  • Total gross to date: $736,717.00
  • Weekend gross: $92,503.00
  • Number of cinemas: 268
  • Site average: $345.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Park Circus
  • Change from last week: -11
  • Weeks on release: 265
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