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‘Wicked’ Becomes Highest Grossing Movie Based On Broadway Musical At Domestic Box Office
'Wicked' beats 'Grease' becoming the top grossing movie based on a Broadway musical at the domestic box office with $263M+
During the course of a record Thanksgiving weekend, Universal’s Wicked: Part One has become the highest grossing movie ever at the domestic box office based on a Broadway musical. Through yesterday, the Jon M. Chu directed, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande starring feature counts$214.3M in the midst of its second weekend, defeating the lifetime gross of Paramount’s 1978 classic, Grease. In addition, the Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman musical delivered the best openings ever for Chu, Grande and Erivo at the domestic and global box office.
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