Overview
- Paramount’s Ebenezer finished atop the North American box office with about $19 million domestically and roughly $42 million worldwide after its Nov. 13–15 opening weekend, including $23 million from 63 international markets.
- The film earned $6.7 million on opening day from 3,535 theaters and posted strong audience scores — an A- on CinemaScore and about 4.5/5 on PostTrak — while critics gave it mixed reviews at roughly 52–54 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.
- Paramount kept financial risk low with a reported $38 million production budget and roughly $50 million in marketing, and Depp was paid about $5 million with box-office bonuses tied to performance.
- Competing new releases underperformed this weekend, which sharpened focus on whether Ebenezer can expand beyond Depp’s core fans and sustain ticket sales across the busy holiday window.
- Box-office analysts say the film’s longer-term impact depends on Thanksgiving-week hold, continued word of mouth and stronger overseas legs, outcomes that will determine whether studios reintegrate Depp into larger commercial projects.