The Timothee Chalamet led reworking of the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory story, Wonka, makes its debut at the top of the US box office on its debut.

The movie takes a little over $39 Million on its debut which is higher that the $20.7 Million of the 2005 Tim Burton directed movie.

Prequel movie The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes stays at number 2 this weekend while last weeks top movie The Boy and the Heron falls to number 3 with a weekend gross of $5.1 Million.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 15th - 17th December 2023

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
• It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It has a total gross of $39,005,800 after 1 weekend of release

• The movie remains at number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $5,822,054 over the weekend, a 37% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $145,260,915 after 5 weekends of release
• The movie is the 18th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 which took $254,481,457 at the box office after 5 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $5,518,105 over the weekend, a 57% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $23,488,788 after 2 weekends of release

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $5,040,832 over the weekend, a 41% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $34,418,418 after 3 weekends of release

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $3,948,505 over the weekend, a 35% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $88,611,400 after 5 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to Trolls World Tour which took $3,682,379 at the box office after 5 weekends of release.

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

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