{"id":917598,"date":"2026-11-14T23:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T23:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/917598\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T23:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T23:42:12","slug":"johnny-depps-ebenezer-wins-box-office-opening-weekend-in-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/917598\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Depp’s ‘Ebenezer’ Wins Box Office Opening Weekend in Comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEbenezer<\/a> unwrapped $6.7 million on Friday, including Thursday previews<\/a>, as star Johnny Depp<\/a>\u2018s studio comeback vehicle<\/a> looks to open in first place at the domestic box office<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n\tParamount Pictures released director Ti West<\/a>\u2018s horror-tinged adaptation of Charles Dickens\u2019 A Christmas Carol in 3,535 North American theaters this weekend. Landing an A- CinemaScore from audiences, the $38 million-budgeted Ebenezer is expected to earn around $20 million for the frame or just under that. Of the opening Thursday night audience, 62 percent of the crowd was over age 30, suggesting that the film was especially appealing for those who likely have positive associations with seeing Depp\u2019s work throughout the decades. Ebenezer earned 4.5 out of 5 stars on PostTrak, with 50 percent of guests citing Depp as their reason for seeing the movie.<\/p>\n

\n\tRupert Grint, Andrea Riseborough, Sam Claflin, Daisy Ridley and Ian McKellen round out the cast for the $38 million-budgeted feature that stars Depp as the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge who is visited by three spirits. Ebenezer marks Depp\u2019s first studio project since 2018\u2019s Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, as he took a hiatus from high-profile work following abuse allegations from ex-wife Amber Heard that Depp has denied, in addition to negative headlines amid his and Heard\u2019s 2022 defamation trial<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tParamount had been pleased with data suggesting that audiences want Depp back and that he still holds wide appeal, with the marketing including the actor appearing in character as Scrooge to remind fans of other transformative roles like Captain Jack Sparrow and Willy Wonka. Ebenezer has a PG-13 rating but is still geared toward the family crowd. Critics have been split on Ebenezer, as it holds a 53 percent approval rating from Rotten Tomatoes reviewers. In his review for The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, critic Frank Scheck declares that the film \u201cfulfills its ostensible goal of restoring the actor to A-list status.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tPete Davidson (left) and Rhenzy Feliz in How to Rob a Bank<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Amazon MGM Studios<\/p>\n

\n\tAmong other new arrivals, Sony Pictures released Ghost Soldier<\/a> in 2,558 North American locations on Wednesday, with director William Eubank\u2019s action movie expected to gross around $5 million for the three-day frame and a $8.1 million domestic cume. Jim Caviezel plays a former Green Beret who must defend his Wyoming community against a corporate threat. Hailing from Mandalay Pictures, Ghost Soldier holds a 42 percent score from Rotten Tomatoes critics and a 90 percent from audiences.<\/p>\n

\n\tNot expected to bag much of a haul is Amazon MGM Studios\u2019 How to Rob a Bank, as director David Leitch<\/a>\u2018s heist movie grossed $2.2 million domestically on Friday, including Thursday previews, and eyes around $4.7 million for the frame. Nicholas Hoult, Zo\u00eb Kravitz and Anna Sawai star in the $40 million-budgeted ensemble film about a group of bank robbers who document their exploits on social media. <\/p>\n

\n\tHow to Rob a Bank is opening well below Leitch\u2019s recent work, including 2022\u2019s Bullet Train ($30 million domestic debut) and 2024\u2019s The Fall Guy ($27.7 million domestic debut), although those featured more proven box office draws in Brad Pitt and Ryan Gosling, respectively. The new movie, which earned a B- CinemaScore, has come up a bit empty with critics. It holds a 33 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and an 80 percent audience score, with THR chief film critic David Rooney noting in his review<\/a> that \u201cthe fun wears a bit thin.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWarner Bros.\u2019 The Cat in the Hat<\/a> is set to pounce on second place in its sophomore frame, grossing roughly $10 million domestically for the weekend to bring its North American sum to $36.7 million for a respectable decline of around 50 percent. Bill Hader voices the titular unpredictable feline in directors Erica Rivinoja and Alessandro Carloni\u2019s animated retelling of Dr. Seuss\u2019 classic children\u2019s book.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tAdam Driver (left) and Miles Teller in Paper Tiger<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Neon<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter debuting in the top spot<\/a> last weekend, Godzilla Minus Zero<\/a> heads to third place with an estimated $7.5 million domestically for its sophomore frame as its North American cume is expected to hit $48.1 million. Filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki\u2019s sequel to 2023\u2019s Godzilla Minus One looks to have a sizable decline of around 75 percent.<\/p>\n

\n\tSony Pictures\u2019 Ramayana<\/a>: Rise of a Legend is likely to notch $5.4 million in its second weekend for a domestic total of roughly $24 million through Sunday and a pleasing 38 percent drop. Its cume would rank director Nitesh Tiwari\u2019s religious epic as the second-highest-grossing Indian feature ever at the U.S. box office. The two-part movie project carries a production budget reported at $420 million and beyond.<\/p>\n

\n\tLikely to close out the top five is A24\u2019s Elizabeth Holmes documentary You Can See Everything<\/a>, which continues its impressive run into its fifth weekend with around $5.1 million for the frame and a domestic total of $88.6 million. With an enviable decline of around 37 percent so deep into the run, the buzzy feature from directors Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim continues to build awards momentum. <\/p>\n

\n\tAmong the weekend\u2019s debuts in limited release, Neon launched James Gray\u2019s Paper Tiger in six theaters in Los Angeles and New York, with the crime drama heading to an estimated $203,000 for the frame, averaging $33,884 per screen. Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson and Miles Teller star in the feature that Rooney\u2019s review praised<\/a> as \u201ca drama of almost overwhelming power.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tNext weekend sees the arrival of Lionsgate\u2019s The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, expected to become one of the fall\u2019s top-grossing titles. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ebenezer unwrapped $6.7 million on Friday, including Thursday previews, as star Johnny Depp\u2018s studio comeback vehicle looks to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":917599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[2642,236,217335,332535,88,143888,383091,32394,279316,15397,66999,117524,355314],"class_list":["post-917598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-box-office","tag-celebrities","tag-david-leitch","tag-ebenezer","tag-entertainment","tag-godzilla-minus-zero","tag-how-to-rob-a-bank","tag-johnny-depp","tag-paper-tiger","tag-ramayana","tag-the-cat-in-the-hat","tag-ti-west","tag-you-can-see-everything"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=917598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/917599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}