Johnny Depp's Ebenezer Tracks Near $20M as Ti West's Scrooge Opens
Summary
Paramount's roughly $38 million holiday horror take arrives Friday with Depp on a reduced $5 million salary plus box office bonuses.
"Ebenezer, Ti West's take on A Christmas Carol starring Johnny Depp as Scrooge, opens Friday, Nov. 13, tracking toward about $20 million domestically and roughly $20 million more from 63 overseas markets, Variety reported. The film cost about $38 million to produce, with marketing around $50 million, according to the report; Paramount declined to comment on budgets. Depp took a $5 million salary plus bonuses tied to box office.
Exhibitors sounded optimistic. Regal CEO Eduardo Acuna said the role feels written for Depp, and Screen Engine/ASI founder Kevin Goetz argued that ""audiences don't care"" about the actor's off-screen controversies. TheWrap, examining the same tracking, framed the weekend as a test of whether Depp can still draw a wide audience in his first major studio release in years."
