Timothée Chalamet’s Wonka Set for a Box Office Milestone No One Thought it Could Reach
Timothee Chalamet’s global appeal has successfully made him one of the most popular actors in the world. Having started his career in the entertainment industry with roles in commercials, he landed the role of a murder victim in the police procedural series Law & Order. He went on to make his feature film debut with a role in Jason Reitman’s 2014 movie Men, Women and Children.
Hailing from Hell’s Kitchen in New York City, Timothee Chalamet has come a long way as he has starred in some of the best movies to date. His most recent project is Wonka, and although initially, the success of the movie was doubtful, things are looking up now and might actually change the trajectory of the film.
Timothee Chalamet’s Wonka Might Surprise Everyone by Reaching This Milestone
Timothee Chalamet’s filmography has been quite diverse ever since he made his feature film debut in 2014. In that same year, he landed the role of the son of Matthew McConaughey’s character in Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, which was not only the tenth-highest-grossing film of the year but also nominated for five Academy Awards.
The A Rainy Day in New York star has played the lead character in the movie Wonka adapted from Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The movie tells the origin story of the chocolatier Willy Wonka.
Initially, there was a lot of discourse regarding Chalamet’s casting. However, post-release, the movie’s performance at the box office is turning out to be better than expected. According to Film Updates on X, the movie is set to earn $100 million domestically and collect $200 million globally by next week.
‘WONKA’ is set to surpass $100M at the domestic box office and $200M globally by next week. pic.twitter.com/0tVkyIVre7
— Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) December 23, 2023
This is not the first time Chalamet has appeared in a movie adapted from a book. He gained worldwide recognition for his portrayal of Elio Perlman in Call Me by Your Name, which is based on Andre Aciman’s novel of the same name.
For his performance in this movie, besides being nominated for the Best Actor Award for the Academy Award, Critics’ Choice Award, and the Golden Globe Award, he also won the Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Actor and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead.
Timothee Chalamet Was Aware That His Playing Willy Wonka Would Receive Backlash
There are some movie and book characters that people have grown up with so they prefer not getting it messed up because it taints their childhood memories. This was the reason for the backlash behind Timothee Chalamet’s casting as Willy Wonka in Wonka, and he is aware of it.
During the London premiere of Wonka, Chalamet told BBC News:
“People are very protective over the characters they love, particularly Willy Wonka. They don’t want to see people mess it up.”
The Beautiful Boy actor went on to say that people have nothing to worry about because the movie was in great hands. He said:
“We were in great hands with [director] Paul King, and this is not the story of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, this is a different story of how Willy Wonka became Willy Wonka. I think we did a great job.”
Timothee Chalamet might be a popular movie star now but he too grew up with the same stories as millions of other people. He loved the Gene Wilder version of the movie and is also a big fan of Johnny Depp’s version of the movie.
