Johnny Depp's Scrooge may be headed for an early holiday payday. Ebenezer, Ti West's dark take on A Christmas Carol, is tracking to open with somewhere over $20 million in its first three days when Paramount releases it Friday, Nov. 13, according to Box Office Theory figures reported by JoBlo.
Forecasts put the film's full domestic run as high as $140 million or more. The production cost less than $40 million, and Depp was paid around $5 million, Variety reported, according to the same story.
A cast built for a holiday crowd
Depp leads as Scrooge, with Rupert Grint as Bob Cratchit, Andrea Riseborough as the Ghost of Christmas Past and Tramell Tillman as the Ghost of Christmas Present. Ian McKellen plays Jacob Marley, Sam Claflin plays Fred, Daisy Ridley plays Clara, Ellie Bamber plays Belle and Arthur Conti plays young Ebenezer.
First reactions have been mostly positive. JoBlo's JimmyO called it "my favorite Depp performance in a few years."
JimmyO wrote that he was not excited about yet another Christmas Carol adaptation going in, but found that West's version takes a darker look at the fable. He also praised Depp's layered performance as Scrooge. If the tracking holds, an opening north of $20 million would already cover more than half of the film's reported production budget in its first three days.
The film arrives with momentum on Cup of Soul's pages, too. Read our roundup of the first reactions, and catch our interview with Tramell Tillman about playing opposite Depp. For more holiday titles, see Cup of Soul's 2026 Holiday Film Guide.
