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‘Wicked’ Leads Global Box Office With $164 Million, ‘Gladiator II’ Surpasses $220 Million Worldwide
"Wicked" debuted to $164.2 million at the global box office, a towering figure that includes $50.1 million in overseas ticket sales.
Globally, “Wicked” notched the largest opening for a film that’s based on a Broadway show, supplanting 2012’s “Les Miserables,” which ignited to $103 million. Jon M. Chu directed “Wicked,” which stars Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeoh and Jonathan Bailey. So the studio needs momentum for all things pink and green to endure not just through the holiday season but into Thanksgiving of next year to make good on those price tags.
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