Box Office: Johnny Depp’s ‘Ebenezer’ Opens to No. 1 With $19 Million, ‘How to Rob a Bank’ Stumbles With $5 Million Debut

Nov 15, 2026 8:20am PT Box Office: Johnny Depp’s ‘Ebenezer’ Opens to No. 1 With $19 Million, ‘How to Rob a Bank’ Stumbles With $5 Million Debut

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Johnny Depp returned to the top of box office charts as “Ebenezer,” his new take on “A Christmas Carol,” collected a decent $19 million from 3,535 North American theaters in its opening weekend.

Overseas, the PG-13 adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic has generated $23 million from 63 markets for a global start of $42 million.

“Ebenezer” is notable as Depp’s first major movie role in eight years, since 2018’s “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.” His career in Hollywood began to unravel in 2020 after allegations of domestic abuse leveled by his ex-wife Amber Heard (which he has denied) resulted in two costly, high-profile defamation trials. Although his acting roles mostly dried up, a study conducted by the National Research Group in April 2026 indicated that Depp remained a popular figure across the globe. Participants ranked him among the top 10 actors — ahead of Tom Hanks and behind Margot Robbie — who “would make you most interested in seeing a new movie in a cinema in the future.”

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