Releasing three tentpole movies into December, Warner Bros is walking away with bragging rights to giving the holiday season an important boost – particularly given the absence of an Avatar or a Spider-Man as in recent years.
In total, WB’s three titles on release have grossed $700 million since Wonka first began offshore rollout on December 6. After that, the studio launched Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom worldwide and The Color Purple domestically.
The combined split on those is $277M for North America and $423M at the international box office. Said Adam Aron, Chairman & CEO of AMC Entertainment, on Sunday: “I really want to salute David Zaslav and Warner Bros for its courageous decision to hold its Christmas movie slate intact.
The entire movie ecosystem needs for Hollywood’s major studios to continue to release movies theatrically in significant quantity, so that we all can survive and thrive.
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