Timothée Chalamet’s ‘Wonka’ Starts Strong at Box Office, But Trails Depp

Timothée Chalamet is on his option to #1 on the field workplace this weekend along with his new “Wonka” film — and whereas the figures thus far are spectacular … Johnny Depp nonetheless reigns supreme.

The primary-day numbers are in for Timmy’s newest flick, and like we mentioned … they’re fairly stable heading into the weekend and promise to see him and WB raking in someplace between $35-$40 million domestically by the point Sunday rolls round.

Between Thursday previews and Friday’s full day of showings, “Wonka” has earned about $14.4 million so far — which, once more, places the family-friendly movie properly forward of the competitors. Frankly, there is not a lot standing in its method — only a bunch of indie movies and leftovers from weeks prior … so Tim has a comparatively clear path to dominate ticket gross sales.

After all, some wished to see how he’d fare in comparison with the outdated ‘Wonka’ films — particularly, towards JD’s model from again within the 2000s, the newest iteration.

Maybe unsurprisingly, TC’s numbers (actual/projected) do not maintain a candle to Johnny and Tim Burton — ’05’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” made fairly a bit more cash on the time … each in its first official day in addition to what it earned in its opening weekend domestically.

First-day numbers for JD’s film have been about $20 mil on the time, and thru the weekend … about $56 mil. By means of its complete theatrical run, ‘CATCF’ hauled in additional than $206 mil.

In different phrases, Johnny’s Wonka remains to be king by way of chilly exhausting money — and even critically … it held its personal within the opinions. Similar goes for Timothee BTW … his newest “Wonka” flick has a good 84% on Rotten Tomatoes, just like JD’s 83% for his 2005 providing.

Now, there may be context for why Tim’s field workplace numbers won’t be as sturdy in 2023 — reality is, folks simply aren’t going to the flicks the way in which they used to … so all issues thought of, the “Wonka” haul is definitely fairly rattling good within the trendy period, particularly on this economic system.

Oh, and for those who’re questioning the place the OG Gene Wilder matches into this complete field workplace juxtaposition — his 1971 model did not do all that nice on the field workplace on the time. It solely made about $4 million domestically by means of its complete run ($22 mil adjusted for inflation).