There is no moving Wonka from the top of the UK box office even by Oscar contender Poor Things as the chocolate loving movie spends a sixth weekend at the top.

The movie takes £2.2 Million this weekend for a total of over £56 Million.

Poor Things starring Emma Stone makes its debut at number 2 with a very good £1.8 Million debut.

Also new on the top 5 this weekend is the Jason Statham starring movie The Beekeeper which debuts at 5 with just under a Million pound.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 12th - 14th January 2024

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
• It grosses £1,819,563 over its debut weekend
• The movie is the 9th top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie goes up the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,246,921 over the weekend, a 12% increase from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £5,369,706 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie is a new entry at number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £938,303 over its debut weekend
• The movie is the 11th top grossing film so far in 2024

The Timothee Chalamet led reworking of the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory story, Wonka, makes its debut at the top of the US box office on its debut.

The movie takes a little over $39 Million on its debut which is higher that the $20.7 Million of the 2005 Tim Burton directed movie.

Prequel movie The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes stays at number 2 this weekend while last weeks top movie The Boy and the Heron falls to number 3 with a weekend gross of $5.1 Million.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 15th - 17th December 2023

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
• It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It has a total gross of $39,005,800 after 1 weekend of release

• The movie remains at number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $5,822,054 over the weekend, a 37% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $145,260,915 after 5 weekends of release
• The movie is the 18th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 which took $254,481,457 at the box office after 5 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $5,518,105 over the weekend, a 57% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $23,488,788 after 2 weekends of release

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $5,040,832 over the weekend, a 41% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $34,418,418 after 3 weekends of release

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $3,948,505 over the weekend, a 35% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $88,611,400 after 5 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to Trolls World Tour which took $3,682,379 at the box office after 5 weekends of release.

The new re-image of the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory story, Wonka is the top movie in the UK on its debut with a £5.8 Million gross.

This is lower than the Tom Burton movie from 2005 which took nearly £8 Million and starred Johnny Depp in the lead role of Wonka.

Last weeks top movie, Napoleon~2023 fell to number 4 this weekend after a couple of weeks at the top and has a total of £11 Million.

With the Christmas season upon on now there are some festive movies on the box office this weekend in the shape of Elf, Home Alone and LoveActually.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 8th - 10th December 2023

• The movie goes up the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,119,644 over the weekend, a 22% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £5,804,888 over 3 weeks of release

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £961,055 over the weekend, a 43% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £14,791,638 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 16th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 which took £25,496,552 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes up the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £417,609 over the weekend, a 29% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £4,110,885 over 4 weeks of release

A new re-image of the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory novel from Roald Dahl based on the character of Wonka has been given a PG age rating in the UK for mild threat, violence, implied bad language

The movie stars Timothee Chalamet who has previously been seen in Loving Leah and will be seen next year in Dune Part Two, it also features Olivia Coleman from Hyde Park On Hudson and Hugh Grant from Notting Hill.

The movie is directed by Paul King who has previously been in charge of The Mighty Boosh Live: Future Sailors Tour and Bunny and the Bull.

Movie Synopsis

Focusing on a young Willy Wonka and how he came to meet the Oompa-Loompas on one of his earliest adventures.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Wonka
• BBFC age rating: PG Certificate
• Reason: mild threat, violence, implied bad language
• Release date: 8th December 2023
• Runtime: 116 minutes (1 hours 46 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Paul King
• Starring:
  • Timothee Chalamet
  • Olivia Colman
  • Hugh Grant

BBFC movie page

Check out the new trailer and poster for upcoming movie Wonka which can seen in full if you scroll down this page.

Movie breakdown

• The movie is due for release in the UK on 15th December 2023
• It is due for release in North America on 15th December 2023
• It stars among others Timothee Chalamet (Interstellar) and Hugh Grant (Maurice)
• It is directed by Paul King
• The movie also stars Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Colman and Rowan Atkinson
• Paul King directed Hugh Grant in Paddington 2

Synopsis for Wonka

An origin story that explores the vivid, mythical beginnings of the imaginative young inventor before he becomes the renowned scrumdiddlyumptious Mozart of chocolate.

Check out the Salty Popcorn movie page for more information on this upcoming film.