December 12, 2023

Miyazaki hits US #1 while Wonka wows internationally

14 minutes

With The Boy and the Heron taking the top spot in the domestic box office, we take a deeper look at its rather unique audience mixture, as well as discussing the Golden Globes, CineAsia, and Wonka’s international debut on the big screen, so join us Behind the Screens!

Topics and times:

Golden Globes - 0:17

CineAsia highlights - 1:50

Wonka international box office - 3:26

The Boy and the Heron box office overview - 4:46

The Boy and the Heron audience analysis - 5:26

Marketing opportunities The Boy and the Heron presents - 7:59

Top 5 domestic box office roundup - 9:22

Next week - 12:43

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Box Office Overview:

Wonka debuted internationally with $43.2M from 37 territories, of which it was #1 in the box office for 32 territories.

The Boy and the Heron debuted at #1 for the domestic box office with $13M from 2,200 screens.

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes maintained second position at the domestic box office with $9.4M added domestically, bringing its domestic total to $136M and worldwide total to $265M.

Godzilla Minus One dropped only 27% taking $8.3M domestically, bringing its domestic gross to $25M.

Trolls Band Together brought in $6.2M for a drop of only 20%.

Wish rounded out the top five with $5.3M, dropping 31% from the previous weekend.

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