2024-01-16 12:34:42
[The Epoch Times, January 16, 2024](Epoch Times reporter Ye Jie compiled and reported) Last weekend, the global box office of “Sweet Tea” Timothy Chalamet’s “Wonka” exceeded the US$500 million mark, not only breaking his The personal highest box office record also broke the box office of the “Willy Wonka” movie “The Chocolate Factory” starring Johnny Depp.
The fantasy musical “Wonka” starring “Sweet Tea” Timothée Chalamet has a budget of $125 million. According to Box Office Mojo statistics, in its fifth week of release in North America, it ranked third with a weekend box office revenue of US$8.46 million, and a global box office of US$507 million.
Previously, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” starring Johnny Depp grossed US$475 million at the box office and was well received by audiences, becoming the eighth highest-grossing film in the world in 2005. Compared to Johnny, Wonka in Sweet Tea’s performance is more popular with the audience.
“Wonka” is a prequel movie to “The Chocolate Factory”. Tiancha plays the young Wonka. The plot describes Wonka’s adventures before he founded the Chocolate Factory. The film is adapted from Roald Dahl’s 1964 classic children’s novel “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, which is known as the most popular children’s literature in the 21st century.
Currently, “Wonka” has become the most successful movie in Tiancha’s acting career, surpassing his previous top-grossing blockbuster “Dune” with US$402 million.
In addition to “Wonka,” the top weekend box office hit in North America was “Mean Girls,” which earned $28.56 million in its first week. The film received a “B” rating on CinemaScore, a North American film review poll website, and received 71% and 66% freshness ratings from critics and audiences on the Rotten Tomatoes website respectively.
“The Beekeeper” ranked second, grossing US$16.57 million at the North American box office in its first week of release. The film received an approval rating of 69% from critics on the film review website “Rotten Tomatoes” and an audience score of 93%. It received a “B+” rating on the “Cinema Ratings” website.
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