Australian audiences remained sweet on 'Wonka' through the holiday period, with the film continuing to top the local box office ahead of other titles like 'Anyone But You' and 'Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom'.
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Exhibitors are optimistic about the summer prospects for 'Wonka' after Timothée Chalamet's take on Roald Dahl's chocolatier got off to a strong start at the box office last weekend.
Last weekend proved relatively quiet at the box office, with 'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds' and Snakes enjoying yet another round at no. 1, while 'The Boy and the Heron' was the best performing new title.
Last weekend saw a variety of new films open at the box office: Bollywood gangster drama 'Animal', 'Trolls Band Together', two concerts in 'Andre Rieu's White Christmas' and 'Renaissance: A Film By Beyonce', and Japan's Godzilla Minus One. Yet it was 'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes', in its third frame, that drew the largest audience, surpassing last weekend's no. 1, 'Napoleon'.
Ridley Scott's historical epic 'Napoleon' emerged the victor at the box office last weekend, outpacing 'Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes'.
Despite never playing on more than 14 screens around the country on any given weekend, music documentary Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party has grossed $155,203 in four weeks - a solid result given the scale of the release, and one that puts Label Distribution into the black.
'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes' may not have opened at the heights seen for the rest of the franchise, but it still gave exhibitors a needed boost last weekend.
'The Marvels' has proven a box office disappointment both in Australia and abroad, with one of the lowest ever starts for a film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.