Wonka ends the year at number one at the US box office

Timothee Chalamet arrives at the premiere of Wonka in Westwood, California (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Hollywood closed an up and down 2023 with Wonka regaining the number one position at the US box office.

There were also strong sales for The Color Purple and an overall nine billion dollars (£7 billion) in ticket sales that improved on 2022’s grosses but fell about two billion dollars (£1.5 billion) shy of pre-pandemic norms.