Johnny Depp Defeats Cancel Culture as 'Ebenezer' Storms to Number 1 in Triumphant Box Office Return
The minions of Hollywood’s cancel culture are moaning “Bah humbug!” this weekend as Johnny Depp makes a triumphant return to theaters.
Depp stars as Ebeneezer Scrooge in a retelling of the Charles Dickens classic “A Christmas Carol.”
In rating Friday’s movies, box office analysis site The Numbers put “Ebeneezer” on top with a gross revenue of $6.7 million more than twice the second-place film “The Cat and the Hat.”
The movie has made $1.5 million in previews, according to Variety.
Think you know his story? Think again. Johnny Depp is Ebenezer Scrooge. The spirits arrive in the official new trailer for EBENEZER – only in theatres November 13. https://t.co/cb6p9JBq9C
— Ebenezer (@ebenezermovie) October 1, 2026
“Ebenezer,” is expected to open with $20 million domestically and another $20 million overseas.
Paramount spent $38 million to make the film and another $50 million to pitch it to viewers.
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Hollywood cast aside Depp, who brought many millions to theaters to see the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies, after ex-wife Amber Heard told unsubstantiated tales of his alleged abuse.
Even after winning his 2022 defamation case against Heard (in which a jury found her statements false and awarded him damages), Depp’s subsequent work remained far below the level of his peak Hollywood years.
After Disney decided Depp was guilty of something even though there was no proof, Depp decried the cancel culture of Hollywood.
“It can be seen as an event in history that lasted for however long it lasted, this cancel culture, this instant rush to judgement based on what essentially amounts to polluted air,” he said in a 2021 speech, as noted by Deadline.
“It’s so far out of hand now that I can promise you that no one is safe. Not one of you. No one out that door. No one is safe.
“It takes one sentence and there’s no more ground, the carpet has been pulled. It’s not just me that this has happened to, it’s happened to a lot of people. This type of thing has happened to women, men.
“Sadly at a certain point they begin to think that it’s normal. Or that it’s them. When it’s not,” he said.
Depp’s manager, Jack Whigham, said Depp kept busy and waited for the world to regain its senses, according to NBC News.
“Some people would panic and focus on the change in their career or their heat thermometer,” he said. “That is not who Johnny is. He is an artist in every sense of the word, and that quality is not defined by whether or not the phone is ringing.”
“His whole thing was always to focus on being patient and passionate, and he felt that if the movie gods come back around, then it’s in the cards, and if they don’t, they don’t.”
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