Wonka spends its fourth weekend at the top of the UK box office as 2023 comes to an end with a total gross os £43.8 Million, it also ends up as the 4th top grossing movie of the year.
The movie comes in behind Barbie, Oppenheimer and The Super Mario Bros. Movie with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 coming in 5th.
Highest new movie of the weekend is Ferrari which comes in at number 2 with a debut gross of £1.9 Million.
Also worthy of mention is Hayao Miyazaki directorial finale The Boy and the Heron which makes its debut at number 4.
UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 29th - 31st December 2023
Wonka
- The movie remains at number 1 on this weeks UK box office
- It has spent 4 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
- It grosses £6,672,464 over the weekend, a 8% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £43,822,435 over 4 weeks of release
- The movie is the 4th top grossing film in 2023
Ferrari~2023
Highest New Movie This Weekend
- The movie is the Highest Debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
- It grosses £1,981,677 over its debut weekend
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
- The movie Goes Down the Chart to Number 3 on this weeks UK box office
- It grosses £1,732,614 over the weekend, a 30% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of £5,983,518 over 2 weeks of release
- The movie is the th top grossing film so far in 2024
- The movie is a sequel to Aquaman which took £10,056,769 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.
The Boy and the Heron
Anyone But You
This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films
- Wonka - £6,672,464
- Ferrari - £1,981,677
- Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom - £1,732,614
- The Boy and the Heron - £1,640,667
- Anyone But You - £1,253,694
- Wish - £1,019,728
- Next Goal Wins - £844,604
- The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - £844,604
- Napoleon - £267,244
- Godzilla Minus One - £258,095
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