As a wise philosopher once said, “Yeah-yuh!” Warner Bros.‘Aquamansurfed to a highly successful holiday box office [viaVariety], taking in another $22 million on Christmas day and bringing its five-day domestic total to $105 million. This number putsJames Wan’s DC Comics epic in good company in terms of Christmas day hauls, behind onlyAvatar($23 million),Sherlock Holmes($24.6 million), and three straightStar Warsmovies:Rogue One($25.8 million),The Last Jedi($27.4 million), andThe Force Awakens($49 million).
Of course,Aquamanis surging worldwide, already spearing over $500 million overseas. But back home over the holidays, it faced stiff competition with the recently-releasedMary Poppins Returns—which nabbed $11.6 million on Christmas, $50 million domestically over five days—and Paramount’sTransformersspin-offBumblebee, which rumbled to $8.9 million on the 25th and $34.2 million total in the states.
Interestingly enough, all three major films are rocking the same Cinemascore, a stellar A-. Critically,Bumblebeeseems to be leading the pack;Travis Knight’s robotic family movie inspired Collider’s own Matt Goldberg todeclare"Transformers Is Good Now," whileMary Poppins Returnsfelt more like a “pale imitation” of the original film.Aquaman, on the other hand, seems to have split critics down the middle. Ilovedthat big, loud, ridiculous drum-playing octopus of a movie, but it currently sits with a 64%Rotten Tomatoesscore.
Rounding out the top five spots at the Christmas box office were newcomerHolmes & Watson—which reunitesStep BrothersstarsWill FerrellandJohn C. Reillyfor a Sherlock Holmes mystery—with $6.4 million, and Sony’s genuinely incredible animated filmSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which webbed up $5.5 million.
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