- Wonka takes $151M at the Global box office
This weekend, the Australian box office made $11,236,821, up 17% from last week’s $9,571,053.
Top Five
Audiences were whisked away into a world of pure imagination with Warner Bro’s Wonka, which debuted in the number one spot. The magical prequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory took $6.1M for its first week in Aussie cinemas, as well as a global box office cume of $151.4M.
Coming in at number two for its third colourful week was Universal’s Trolls Band Together. Bringing in almost $1M, the Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick-led film was down 32% and has now brought in $6.8M since its release.
Roadshow’s The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes continues to soar, coming in third place for its fifth week in cinemas. The movie brought in $1M, down 21% from last week and has now made over $18.9M in Australia.
Coming in at number four was Sony and Studio Ghibli’s latest animated masterpiece, The Boy and the Heron. The Hayao Miyazaki flick brought in $591K, down 49% from last week and has now taken $2.3M at the Aussie box office.
Finally, rounding out the top five for its fourth week in cinemas was Ridley Scott and Sony Pictures’ Napoleon. The high-budget, high-power flick took $582K (down 53%) at the local box office and has now taken $10.3M since charging into cinemas.
Top 6 – 10
Other films in the top 10 this week were Animal, Saltburn, Godzilla Minus One (debut), Love Actually (20th Anniversary) and Home Alone (1990).
TOP FIVE
1. Wonka – $6,110,661
With dreams of opening a shop in a city renowned for its chocolate, a young and poor Willy Wonka (Timothée Chalamet) discovers that the industry is run by a cartel of greedy chocolatiers. The film also stars Hugh Grant, Rowan Atkinson and Matt Lucas.
The film grossed $6,110,661, averaging $8,325 over 734 screens.
2. Trolls Band Together – $1,016,982
Poppy discovers that Branch and his four brothers were once part of her favourite boy band. When one of his siblings, Floyd, gets kidnapped by a pair of nefarious villains, Branch and Poppy embark on a harrowing and emotional journey to reunite the other brothers and rescue Floyd from a fate even worse than pop culture obscurity.
The film grossed $1,016,982, averaging $2,581 over 394 screens and has made $6,839,209 in Australian cinemas to date.
3. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes – $1,006,739
Years before he becomes the tyrannical president of Panem, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow, remains the last hope for his fading lineage. With the 10th annual Hunger Games fast approaching, the young Snow becomes alarmed when he’s assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird from District 12. Uniting their instincts for showmanship and political savvy, they race against time to ultimately reveal who’s a songbird and who’s a snake.
The film grossed $1,006,739, averaging $3,166 over 318 screens and has made $18,942,946 in Australian cinemas to date.
4. The Boy and the Heron – $591,548
Mahito, a young 12-year-old boy, struggles to settle in a new town after his mother’s death. However, when a talking heron informs Mahito that his mother is still alive, he enters an abandoned tower in search of her, which takes him to another world.
The film grossed $591,548, averaging $2,804 over 211 screens and has made $2,391,018 in Australian cinemas to date.
5. Napoleon – $582,805
A look at the military commander’s origins and his swift, ruthless climb to Emperor, viewed through the prism of his addictive and often volatile relationship with his wife and one true love, Josephine. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby and Edouard Philipponnat.
The film grossed $582,805, averaging $1,435 over 406 screens and has made $10,339,229 in Australian cinemas to date.