'Wonka' is setting out to warm moviegoers' hearts at the holiday box office. The musical started off its North American run late Thursday with a promising $3.5 million in previews. 'Wonka' previews matched box office sensation 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse', which likewise grossed $3.5 million in previews and opened to $35 million domestically. Tracking similarly suggests 'Wonka' will likewise debut in the $35 million to $40 million range.
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00:00 "Quiet up and listen down. Nope, scratch that, reverse it."
00:04 Wonka is setting out to warm moviegoers' hearts at the holiday box office.
00:08 The musical started off its North American run late Thursday with a promising $3.5 million
00:13 in previews. Wonka Previews matched box office sensation Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse,
00:19 which likewise grossed $3.5 million in previews and opened to $35 million domestically.
00:25 Tracking similarly suggests Wonka will likewise debut in the $35 million to $40 million range.
00:31 Directed by Paul King and starring Timothee Chalamet as a young Willy Wonka, the movie's
00:35 star-studded ensemble cast also includes Hugh Grant, Olivia Colman and Keegan-Michael Key,
00:41 among others.
00:42 "I will have you know that I am a perfectly respectable size for an Oompa Loompa."
00:47 Box office competition may come from two fellow Warner Bros. titles, Aquaman and the Lost
00:51 Kingdom out Dec. 22 and The Color Purple out Dec. 25, which is also a musical.
00:58 For more box office news and updates, keep watching The Hollywood Reporter News.
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