Willy Wonka really had a magical weekend.
Warner’s says the total for Thursday through today will come to an astounding $39 million.
That’s quite a bit higher than expected. But big Saturday receipts pushed the total. Word of mouth must have been excellent. Families would have been the driving force.
Elsewhere, Beyonce’s Renaissance Tour movie hit $30.9 million. Friday’s receipts came to $500K, which means there was quite a surge Saturday and expected for today. Final numbers will be out tomorrow for the individual days. I guess Beyonce had an actual Renaissance on Saturday.
Some of the Oscar movies hit the box office this weekend. Best stuff came from Searchlight’s terrific “Poor Things” with Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, and Willem Dafoe. The sexy Frankenstein saga opened its run with $2 million in 82 theaters. And that’s just the start! Others coming up behind it include “American Fiction,” “The Zone of Interest,” but Cannes winner “Anatomy of a Fall” — with tons of PR and rave reviews — is already faltering out of the gate.
