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It's a Wonderful Life

It
1946
 130 minutes (2 hrs 10 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Starring

James Stewart · Donna Reed · Lionel Barrymore · Thomas Mitchell · Henry Travers · Beulah Bondi

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 7th January 1947
Poland release date Poland release: 20th December 1946
Turkey release date Turkey release: 7th January 1947

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 19th Dec '08
  • Debut position: 13
  • Highest position: 7
  • Debut gross: £49.8 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 25

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 18th Dec '20
  • Debut position: 21
  • Highest position: 8
  • Debut gross: $44 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 4

Chart position history

UK box office

19 Dec, 2008
13
17 Dec, 2010
13
24 Dec, 2010
13
16 Dec, 2011
12
23 Dec, 2011
10
20 Dec, 2013
11
19 Dec, 2014
13
18 Dec, 2015
10
16 Dec, 2016
10
23 Dec, 2016
9
15 Dec, 2017
11
22 Dec, 2017
8
14 Dec, 2018
13
21 Dec, 2018
12
13 Dec, 2019
14
20 Dec, 2019
8
18 Dec, 2020
7
17 Dec, 2021
12
24 Dec, 2021
8
16 Dec, 2022
8
23 Dec, 2022
8
15 Dec, 2023
14
22 Dec, 2023
9
20 Dec, 2024
9

US box office

16 Dec, 2022
8

Global box office

Certificates

US
PG

7+

9+

Sin Calificación

12

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £4.4 Million
US total gross
United States Flag  $6.6 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $10.8 Million

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There is no removing Wonka from the top of the UK box office, even from a mighty superhere movie as the Timothee Chalamet starring movie spends a third weekend at number 1.

The movie takes over £7 Million this weekend giving it a total UK gross of £30 Million.

Highest new movie of the weekend is Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom which makes its debut at number 2 with £2.4 Million, which is half that of the £5.2 Million of Aquaman.

UK box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Wonka (3rd Weekend)
  • Highest debut - Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (@2)
  • Longest run - The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (6 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Wonka (£30,918,549)
  • Best Percentage change week on week - It's a Wonderful Life (74%)
  • Total UK top 15 this weekend - £13,806,652
  • Check out the full UK box office.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 22nd - 24th December 2023

  • The movie remains at number 1 on this weeks UK box office
  • It has spent 3 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
  • It grosses £7,214,019 over the weekend, a 12% increase from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £30,918,549 over 3 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 6th top grossing film so far in 2023

Highest new movie this weekend

  • The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
  • It grosses £2,489,068 over its debut weekend
  • The movie is a sequel to Aquaman which took £5,230,285 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.
  • The movie is a new entry at number 3 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £707,408 over its debut weekend
  • The movie remains at number 4 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £653,908 over the weekend, a 10% increase from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £7,904,952 over 5 weeks of release

  • The movie is a new entry at number 5 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £394,548 over its debut weekend

Spider-Man: No Way Home swings into town this weekend and takes over at the top of the box office with ease and creates the third highest debut of all time.

Also new this week is Indian movie Pushpa: The Rise - Part 1 from director Sukumar which makes its debut at 7 with £121,892.

There is also a couple of festive re-entries with Home Alone 2: Lost In New York at number 11, It's a Wonderful Life on its 75th year anniversary at number 12 and finally The Muppet Christmas Carol at number 14.

UK box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Spider-Man: No Way Home (1st weekend)
  • Highest debut - Spider-Man: No Way Home (@1)
  • Longest run - No Time To Die (12 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - No Time To Die (£96.4 Million)

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 17th - 19th December 2021

Spider Man: No Way Home

The anticipation for the next movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been sky high over the last few months, especially as rumours began to circulate that there would be appearances from 2 previous generations of Spider-Man in Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire.

The movie hit UK movie theatres on Thursday, and in the face of the pandemic the movie packed cinemas up and down the country in a way not seen in a few years.

The film took an eye watering £31.8 Million over its opening frame, a figure which is even higher than 2021's other much anticipated return No Time To Die which took £25.9 Million.

The movie is now the third top opener behind Avengers: Endgame from 2019 and Star Wars: The Force Awakens from 2015.

The movie also instantly became the second top grossing movie of 2021 in the UK, it won't quite beat the 25th Bond movie as t he top movie of 2021 but ultimately it probably will beat its total gross and has a chance to become only the third movie in history to break the £100 Million mark at the UK box office.

To top things off it also took a lion share of the money spent at the box office this weekend with a massive 91%.

Clifford the Big Red Dog

The movie about the Big Red Dog called Clifford held up fairly well in its second weekend and remained at number 2 with £766,122, a 41% drop.

This gives the movie a total gross of £2.3 Million after 2 weekends of release.

West Side Story

Legendary director Steven Spielberg's remake movie drops from the top to number 3 this weekend with £587,305, a 55% drop over last weekend, giving the movie a total gross of £2.9 Million after 2 weeks.

The movie is doing better midweek and if the box office chart was counted Monday to Sunday rather than Friday to Sunday it would have been second with £1,6 Million, probably a testament to its demographic.

Encanto

Disneys latest movie remains at number 4 this weekend with £360,891, a 43% drop over last weekend, giving the movie a £4.7 Million total after 4 weeks on release.

House of Gucci

Falling to number 5 this week is the Ridley Scott directed movie which takes £289,040 over the weekend, a large 63% drop on its 4th weekend of release, giving the movie a total UK gross of £8 Million.