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 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
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
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 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
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
Some cliche somewhere said that ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’ This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have wanted to share it with as many people as possible. “Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net” … Read more
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
Wonka enjoyed a healthy start at the domestic box office, earning $39 million from 4,203 theaters, per Deadline. The musical comedy held strong throughout the weekend, dipping just 3% on Saturday for an impressive $14M, following $14.4M on Thursday/Friday. Worldwide, the pic starring Timothee Chalamet has accrued $151.4M, including $8.7M from Imax. With few obstacles … Read more
Wonka saw an opening weekend of $39 million while excellent word of mouth should help it stick around for weeks to come. This weekend saw the return of the iconic character Willy Wonka to the big screen with the prequel Wonka featuring a Golden Globe nominated performance by Timothy Chalamet. While the film didn’t quite … Read more