Wonka

A nightmarish Bridgerton Ball experience in Michigan courts Willy Wonka Experience levels of “complete chaos” while disappointing fans

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When fans think of Netflix‘s Bridgerton, elaborate soirees, delectable food, and forbidden love come to mind. So, when a “Bridgerton Ball” held in Michigan offers fans a chance to “step into the enchanting world of the Regency-era … for an evening of sophistication, grace and historical charm,” it’s difficult not to imagine living like a … Read more

Original ‘Willy Wonka’ Stars Join Wonka Musical Parody

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Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory stars Julie Dawn Cole and Paris Themmen have joined a new musical parody. The two actors — who played Veruca Salt and Mike Teavee respectively alongside Gene Wilder in the original 1971 movie — will take part in a live stage reading of Willy’s Candy Spectacular, which is inspired … Read more

A Willy Wonka Experience Turned Out So Bad Parents Called Police

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For decades, Willy Wonka has been one of the most beloved brands in all of children’s fiction. Wonka, the lovable yet demented candy maker, who creates the most amazing confections in the world and occasionally maybe kinda sorta murders kids in his factory. (Look, nobody’s perfect.) The fictional Wonka is known for surprising his customers … Read more

Wonka starts 2024 on top

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Wonka continues its solid box office run with another $14.4 million while Night Swim fails to become a new horror classic. In our Thursday predictions I said that anything over $15 million would take first place. Although that was a correct statement, I thought that the new Blumhouse horror film Night Swim would be the … Read more

Box Office Results: Wonka Sinks Night Swim

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The first weekend of 2024 saw Wonka emerge victorious over his competition with $14.4 million, per Deadline. The chocolate maker has earned $164.6M domestically and $465.8M worldwide. Universal, meanwhile, had to settle for second place with their new release Night Swim, which collected $12M from 3,250 theaters — less than half of M3GAN’s opening weekend … Read more

Wonka wins while Night Swim sinks

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With an estimated $11 million debut and a low 40% audience score, Night Swim doesn’t look to be the next breakout horror hit. In our Thursday predictions we said that despite most horror films being critic proof, the new James Wan/ Jason Blum collaboration Night Swim would (forgive the pun) sink or swim based on … Read more

Wonka ends 2023 on top

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Wonka becomes the official film of the holiday season as it returns to the top of the charts to close out 2023. Despite no soon to be billion dollar grossing films in the marketplace, the final weekend of 2023 is actually turning out to be a pretty solid one, despite what we thought in our … Read more

Wonka to end 2023 on top

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With Warner Bros launching 3 new films over the holidays, it looks like the musical Wonka will land on top for the last weekend of 2023 The final week of the year is always a hard one to predict as most movies see a halo effect from their Christmas week box office. Despite no huge … Read more

I Am Eating Everything on IHOP’s ‘Wonka’ Menu

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The original Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory ends with one of my favorite scenes in any movie. Pure-hearted Charlie Bucket proves himself worthy and Willy Wonka bequeaths him his amazing chocolate factory. After they launch themselves into the sky in the Great Glass Elevator, Gene Wilder‘s Willy pulls Peter Ostrum’s Charlie in close for one final lesson. “Charlie, don’t … Read more