It’s not on the level of a Barbenheimer, but a combination of Universal’s musicals. The wicked And Paramount Gladiator II — call it Glicked, Wikiator or whatever you want — made for a phenomenal weekend at the pre-Thanksgiving box office, the best in a decade.
The wicked It took in an estimated $114 million to top the domestic chart. While that’s behind Friday’s estimate of $120, it’s still a historic number for a movie based on a Broadway show and the biggest opening ever for a big-screen musical, as well as the top opening of the year. is one of Worldwide to date, the film has grossed $164.2 million.
Gladiator II Posting a domestic opening of $55.5 million, a strong start for the menswear, swords-and-sandals film (on Saturday, the estimate was $60 million). It is expected to do well overseas, where it has already earned $165.5 million for a global total of $221 million.
In North America, the domestic gross for all films this weekend reached nearly $200 million, up 70 percent from the same weekend last year, when holiday entries Napoleon And desire opened
Social media is rife with speculation. Gladiator II And The wicked This weekend the Barbenheimer will replicate the effect as the perfect pairing to lure men and women to the multiplex. While they won’t come anywhere close to the domestic opening competition. Barbie ($162 million) and Oppenheimer ($82.5 million), the films are indeed attractive to nearly all demos, including those playing to ethnically diverse audiences.
The Thanksgiving marquee will get even more exciting when Walt Disney Animation Studios Moana 2 Opens November 27. Led by the Disney flick, the three films should result in the biggest five-day Thanksgiving holiday (Wednesday through Sunday) ever in terms of domestic box office revenue — hence the “Moanapocalypse.”
Fueled by mostly women, as expected, was well reviewed The wicked earned a glowing cinematic score from the audience.
Filmmaker Jon M. Cho’s adaptation of the popular Broadway musical features a high-profile cast led by Ariana Grande and Cynthia Ario. Universal is taking a big gamble in making two movies, which have two parts. The wicked Hitting theaters a year from now. The first one cost $150 million to produce before marketing.
Originally based on the best-selling novel by Gregory Maguire, The wicked Tells the untold story of the witches of Oz, starring Ario as Elphaba and Grande as Glinda. Winnie Holzman, author of the stage production book, wrote the screenplay for Chu’s film with Dana Fox. Academy Award-winning composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz adapted the music for the screen.
Directed by Ridley Scott, $250 million Gladiator The sequel is a top pick for men, both young and old, and earned a B cinema score. It will hit theaters 24 years after the first film and stars Paul Mescale, Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Connie Nelson and Fred Hatchinger among others.
If the estimate holds, Gladiator II Washington will have the biggest start of his career since the American. Gangster (Also assisted by Scott).
The film sees Meskel playing an adult Lucius Verus II, the nephew of Joaquin Phoenix’s Emperor Commodus from the original film. Lucius returns to Rome after being forced into slavery to fight as a gladiator for revenge and power, in an attempt to return Rome’s glory to its people.
Amazon’s MGM Studios Christmas movie drops. Red one It opened at No. 4 in its third weekend with $13.3 million for $52.1 million and $117.1 million worldwide against a $250 million budget.
Updated November 24 at 7:45 p.m. Added revised estimate.
This story was originally published on November 23 at 8:03 am.
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