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‘Wicked’ Box Office: All the Records the Movie Musical Shattered on Opening Weekend
Here's all the records that "Wicked" broke during opening weekend.
It’s a huge win for movie theaters (ticket sales have been stubbornly behind 2023 and pre-pandemic times) and Universal (since the studio has to sell “Wicked: Part Two,” chronicling the musical’s second act, to audiences in 2025). Jon M. Chu directed the PG “Wicked,” which stars Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeoh and Jonathan Bailey. Biggest opening for film based on a Broadway adaption in both reported and like-for-like markets ahead of 2012’s “Les Miserables” Sixth-best debut of all time for a musical, above “Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again” ($43 million)
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