“Wonka” wills another week at No. 1, “Night Swim” dives into second place at box office

The Timothée Chalamet-led candy-coated prequel has so far grossed nearly half a billion dollars worldwide.

Wonka's golden ticket continues to shine in its fourth week of release.

The Paul King film starring Timothée Chalamet as a young Willy Wonka, the questionably sadistic chocolatier originated in Roald Dahl's classic 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, retains its spot atop the box office for a third non-consecutive weekend, earning $14.4 million, as per Comscore.

That brings its domestic cume so far to $164.7 million. Wonka continued to do well overseas, also topping the international box office with $28.9 million, for a worldwide cume, including the U.S., of $465.9 million.

Coming in second, Blumhouse's Night Swim debuts with $12 million domestically, with another $5.6 million internationally, for a global take of $17.6 million.

Based on the acclaimed 2014 short film by Bryce McGuire and Rod Blackhurst, shot in Michelle Branch's swimming pool, Night Swim follows a suburban family who discover that their backyard swimming pool is haunted.

"The fun was not reinventing the wheel, but going deep on something we all think we know and milking all that of its symbolism, all of its joy and nostalgia, and all of its terror," McGuire told EW.

Following on Night Swim's incredibly damp heels, the waterlogged Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom came in third at the domestic box office with $10.6 million, bringing it over the $100 million mark. Internationally, the sequel to 2018's Aquaman sewed up the No. 2 spot with $30.3 million, for a worldwide cume of $334.8 million.

Rounding out the rest of the top 5, the animated Migration is fourth with $10.3 million, bringing its three-week domestic total to $77.8 million ($150.7 million worldwide) and the R-rated rom com Anyone but You is in fifth with $9,5 million in its third week of release, for a domestic haul of $43.7 million ($58.4 million worldwide).

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