The movie “Wonka”which returned to theaters this time with the talented Timothée Salamee, topped the box office on New Year’s Eve, ending 2023 on a sweet, chocolate-scented note, Variety reports.

Paul King’s film with a stellar cast including Olivia Colman, Hugh Grant, Sally Hawkins, Matthew Baynton, Rowan Atkinson and Jim Carter (Jim Carter) grossed $22.7 million over the weekend and $29.5 million over the four-day holiday weekend for a US total of $140.2 million. In the rest of the world the profits of the famous production of Warner Bros. with a budget of $125 million are close to $400 million.

In second place is Jason Momoa’s “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” with $19.5 million in its second weekend, while Universal Pictures’ “Migration” is third with $17.2 million.

Rounding out the top five are the films “The Color Purple” with $13 million and “Anyone But You” with $9 million, while George Clooney’s “The Boys in the Boat” follows in sixth place with $8.3 million.