Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom looked a little lost itself this weekend. But that didn’t stop it from finding first place.
The Lost Kingdom—also known as Aquaman 2—floundered to an estimated $27.7 million in North America during the traditional three-day weekend, according to Box Office Mojo. Add in Christmas Day, and Aquaman 2 found just $40 million under its holiday tree. That’s well off the $67.8 million the original Aquaman earned during its 2018 opening frame, and it’s just the latest in a string of financially disappointing Warner Bros./DC releases.
If you add in the $40 million that Aquaman 2 earned in overseas markets, the film’s outlook looks a little rosier. But given that Warner Bros. spent more than $200 million making the thing (not to mention marketing costs), Aquaman 2 looks a bit soggy right now.
Last weekend’s champ, Wonka, continues its sweet box-office run. The film earned about $18.1 million over the traditional three-day weekend and $28 million if you include Christmas Day. That pushes the film to $85.5 million overall—enough, surely, to fund another chocolate river or two.
Wonka was the only holdover to crack the top five. Otherwise, a bevy of newcomers crashed the box-office party.
The animated movie Migration flapped its way to a tidy, if unremarkable, $12.5 million over three days, then added another $5 million on Christmas—pushing its four-day total to around $17.5 million. That’s not a huge nest egg thus far, but Migration might have wings yet. The fact that audiences seemed to like it means the film could have a long box-office flight ahead of it.
The R-rated comedy Anyone but You finished fourth with about $6 million over three days and $8 million over four. Meanwhile, the Indian film Salaar: Part 1—Ceasefire gunned its way to a fifth-place finish with $5.5 million for the three-day weekend, and $6.3 million over four.
The Iron Claw finished just outside the top five. It earned $4.9 million over the three-day weekend, finishing sixth.
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I’d had questions about Aquaman 2 coming out so closely to several other big-name films, including Wonka (to say nothing of people’s concerns over how DC canon even works at this point – I don’t understand it).
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom one of my favourite movie. you made a good blog on this. Greate work