Wonka rises to the top of the French box office

With nearly 800,000 admissions for its first week of operation, Wonka, a family film set at the roots of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, rose to the top of the French box office, according to CBO figures published on Wednesday.

Starring star actor Timothée Chalamet, the fantasy film also made a splash in North American theaters in mid-December, grossing $39 million in the United States and Canada over three days.

Mischievous in a top hat, Timothée Chalamet plays a younger version of the famous chocolatier Willy Wonka from the novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, a character first played by Gene Wilder then Johnny Depp, or in a musical.

Paul King's film delivers the blow to Milady, a sequel to the new version of The Three Musketeers, another blockbuster expected for the end-of-year holidays with a royal cast made up of Francois Civil, Vincent Cassel, Romain Duris, Pio Marmai and Eva Green . The Christmas cartoon from Disney Studios, Wish - Asha and the Good Star follows suit, followed by another animated film Migration directed by French director Benjamin Renner (Ernest and Célestine).

1. Wonka: 787,846 entries on 700 copies (new)

2. The three musketeers - Milady - 711,192 entries out of 724 copies (new).

3. Wish - Asha and the lucky star: 320,777 entries from 650 copies (1,344,710 entries in three weeks)

4. Migration: 167,479 entries on 640 copies (434,342 entries in two weeks)

5. The braid: 150,445 entries on 669 copies (668,685 entries in three weeks)