Migration vs Wonka: Which Movie is Better?

By Arjun Agarwal

Two new movies recently released in theaters are big hits - Migration, and Wonka. These two movies have seen numerous crowds, and there is a small debate about whether Migration or Wonka is better. To see which film is better, we can look at which earned more revenue at the box office, check ratings and reviews from critics and the audience.

Migration is about a family of mallards that has stayed in a pond in New England their whole lives because the dad is worried about what might happen to them in the outside world. Then one day, a family of ducks stops in their pond for a break because they are migrating to Jamaica for the winter. After some tense conversations, the family convinces the dad to migrate and they make the journey to Jamaica. Along the way, however, they get lost in New York City. The troubled and careless family almost get killed in the journey, but they eventually make it to Jamaica by the end of the movie. According to Rotten Tomatoes, which is a database of movie and TV reviews by critics and viewers, they are rated 7.3 out of 10 and have an audience score of 8.7 out of 10. So far, Migration has made 152 million dollars. Rating 7.7/10

Wonka is about Willy Wonka's origin story. Wonka wants to open a chocolate shop in the Galerie Gourmet where all of the other famous chocolate makers are. When the movie starts, he doesn’t have any money and so he goes to a woman named Ms. Scrubbitts’ laundry house to sleep because he doesn't have to pay her until the following day. However, the next day, he doesn’t have enough money to pay Ms. Scrubbitts, so he is forced to work there to pay her. There he meets Noodle, an orphan who is also forced to work there by Ms. Scrubbitts. Together, they decide to sell chocolate illegally to get enough money to pay Ms. Scrubbitts back and free themselves. The famous chocolate makers that own shops in the Galerie Gourmet don’t want Wonka there, so they try to kill him by drowning him in chocolate. Crazily, it doesn’t work. The chocolate makers have a record of a bunch of bad deeds that they did, so in return, Wonka showed the records to the police and the famous and rich chocolate makers went to jail. After this dilemma, Wonka opens a shop in the Galerie Gourmet and Noodle finds her mom. According to Rotten Tomatoes, Wonka rates an 8.2 out of 10 and it has an audience score of 9.1 out of 10. So far, Wonka has made 468 million dollars. Rating: 8.5/10

Both of these movies have so far been very successful in theaters and many people have different opinions on which movie was better. An anonymous person from class 704 says, “I thought Wonka wasn't good. The movie was weird and I think it could have been better.”