Aquaman 2 has already lost the lead at the US box office, dethroned by The Color Purple

Both films are produced by Warner Bros., as is Wonka, also in the top 5 on Christmas Day.

The American box office is a bit unusual this week, turned upside down by the exceptional releases on December 25. Traditionally, movie studios release a few films on Christmas Day, regardless of whether it’s a Friday or not. Monday came out like this The Color Purplenew adaptation of The Color Purple, The Boys in the Boatby George Clooney or even Ferrari, by Michael Mann, via a partnership between Prime Video and Neon. Result, Aquaman 2which started weakly during the weekend, has already lost first place in the top!

Five years after recording more than a billion dollars at the global box office with the first AquamanJames Wan will certainly not repeat the feat with The Lost Kingdomwhich sold $28.1 million in three days in 3,706 theaters, compared to $67.9 million for its predecessor during its first weekend in December 2018. Adding the holiday scores, estimates climbed to 40 million , but this sequel ultimately stopped just below, amassing 38.3 million in 3,706 theaters, including 10.6 million on Christmas Day.

Over the 4 days, the blockbuster therefore remains at the top of the ranking, but on the day of December 25, it is second, with almost 8 million dollars less than The Color Purple. In the rest of the world, it has so far totaled 80 million, including 30 million collected in China alone.

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Warner Bros. however, is doing well at the US box office, since the studio also produces The Color Purplewhich grossed precisely $18.5 million from 3,152 theaters, as well as Wonkawith an additional 10.3 million distributed across 4,213 screens.

The other studios taking advantage of the holiday are MGM/Amazon, which releases George Clooney’s new historic film in only 2,557 theaters and earns more than $5 million, Universal, which remains in the top 5 thanks to the film. animation Migrationreleased facing Aquaman 2 last Friday and who is hot on his heels The Boys in the Boatand Neon, which raised 2.8 million greenbacks for 2,330 copies thanks to the Enzo Ferrari biopic carried by Adam Driver.

Produced by Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg (who directed The Color Purple from 1985), the musical by Blitz Bazawule does almost as well as the Sherlock Holmes by Guy Ritchie, released on December 25, 2009, which pocketed $24 million on this first day of operation alone.

Here is the ranking of revenues recorded at the American box office for the day of December 25, 2023, as shared by Box office Mojo :