The Christmas box office this year won’t be one for the record books. A few big films that might have been bigger, a family treat that keeps on giving and nothing spectacular among the titles with lower expectations.

“Aquaman 2: The Lost Kingdom is opening with a $40 million four day plus previews weekend.

All that’s due to Jason Momoa, and the comic book movie crowd’s never-miss-an-opening hardcore cadre. The movie doesn’t play, struggles to find anything new to do with the character and is littered with leaden humor.

But Warner Bros cannot sweat that shot and reshot clunker. “Wonka” is doing great business, looking at another $28 million this weekend.

“Migration” isn’t one of Illumination’s must see pictures, which audiences could tell from the laugh free trailers. It aims at a very young audience and should be better than the $17.5 million it is projected to take in this Christmas. That’s a mediocre take, but the film is somewhat starved of laughs and with six-and-unders lobbying to see it.

The almost raunchy Sony Rom com “Anyone But You” is benefiting from a lack of date movie competition, which Sony gambled on by moving its release up to Christmas. It’s a lame “Much Ado About Nothing” modernization (barely) with a barely there leading Lady wearing barely anything at all. $8 million over four days is a decent return for a picture with little to no star power.

Indian cinema has become a reliable source of high per-screen averages in the markets where that audience lives (Orlando, where I live, is one such hot spot). A film with the unedifying title “Salaar: Part One” is the latest overlong targeted-audience picture to roll in and open big — $6.9 million on under 800 screens.

A24’s Zac Efron wrestling picture “The Iron Claw” was set to wrestle over fifth place with that one, also looking at an $6.5 million take.

“The Color Purple” musical and “Ferrari” headline actual Christmas Day openings, with the musical expecting a big take on one of the best moviegoing days of the year.

As always, I will update these figures as more data comes in.