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‘Wicked’ Shifts Earlier In November, Dates Against ‘Gladiator II’: Is Another ‘Barbenheimer’ Box Office Weekend In Store?

'Wicked' To Open Earlier In November Before 'Moana 2': Box Office

However, Wicked counts a fanbase of a reported 30M people from around the globe who’ve seen the Stephen Schwartz stage show. The new earlier date, though up against Paramount’s Gladiator II now creates potentially a Barbenheimer moment: One big highly anticipated movie aimed at dudes, the other at females. There’s a lot of box office upside with both movies ahead of the Thanksgiving break and like we saw over the Barbenheimer weekend, moviegoers will watch both.

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