After a strong Christmas Day performance by Warner Bros. Pictures' "The Color Purple," the studio's chocolatier-centered musical "Wonka" topped the final weekend box office of 2023 with a modest $23.9 million domestic haul, according to estimates from measurement firm Comscore. Final 2023 numbers, meanwhile, signaled that a turbulent year dominated by Hollywood strikes ultimately belonged to Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and, of course, "Barbenheimer."
This weekend, "Wonka" proved too sweet to miss as it bested "Color Purple" and a third Warner Bros. holiday release — "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom" — to bring its North American cumulative to $134.6 million in its third week. "Aquaman," the Jason Momoa-led superhero flick, swam to a second-place finish by bringing in $19.5 million in its sophomore outing for a North American total of $77.8 million.
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