‘Wonka’ Earns a Sweet $39 Million Domestic, $151 Million Global Box Office Opening

Warner Bros.’ “Wonka” is off to a good start at the box office, grossing $39 million from 4,203 theaters and earning positive word-of-mouth from critics and audiences, as it looks to leg out through the holidays and into January.

“Wonka” will need legs as it sports a reported $125 million budget before marketing costs. Combined with $112.4 million grossed from overseas markets over the past two weekends, “Wonka” has a running global total of $151 million.

Prior to the pandemic, musicals like “The Greatest Showman” and “Mary Poppins Returns” were able to pull off long-lasting runs during the holidays, posting openings well south of $40 million yet going on to top $170 million in domestic grosses.