As a lifelong musical enthusiast who’s seen more showtunes than I care to count, let me tell you, “Wicked” has truly cast its spell on the big screen! With its impressive box office numbers and critical acclaim, this film is a testament to the enduring power of Broadway adaptations.
Musicals aren’t typically the highest-grossing film genre (for example, “Cats,” “Dear Evan Hansen,” and the upcoming “Joker: Folie à Deux”). However, movie adaptations featuring music and dance, such as “Wicked,” Universal’s rendition of Act One from the cherished Broadway show, seem to be gaining — as Glinda might sing — a fresh appreciation.
Over the weekend, the movie earned a total of $165 million worldwide, with $114 million coming from North America and an extra $50.2 million internationally. This is a significant triumph for cinemas as ticket sales have been struggling to match 2023 and pre-pandemic levels, and it’s good news for Universal Studios, who are planning to release “Wicked: Part Two” in 2025. However, each installment of this production costs $150 million to produce, not forgetting the extensive pink-and-green marketing campaign. Therefore, “Wicked” needs to generate a substantial amount at the global box office by Thanksgiving next year to cover these high production costs. Fortunately, both critical acclaim and audience reactions have been overwhelmingly positive.
Jon M. Chu is responsible for directing the PG-rated movie “Wicked,” featuring Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeoh, and Jonathan Bailey. This film narrates the backstory of Grande’s character Glinda (who later becomes Glinda the Good), as well as Erivo’s portrayal of Elphaba before Dorothy’s arrival in Oz and her stroll along the Yellow Brick Road. The story unfolds both before, during, and after “The Wizard of Oz.
Here’s all the records from opening weekend:
Domestic
- Biggest opening weekend for film based on a Broadway adaption, ahead of “Into The Woods” ($31.05 million)
- Third best debut of 2024 ahead of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice ($111 million) and behind “Deadpool & Wolverine” ($211 million) and “Inside Out 2” ($154 million)
- Fourth largest start in history a musical, surpassing Disney’s 2023 “The Little Mermaid” remake ($95.57 million) and trailing “Frozen II” ($130 million)
International
- 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)
Global
- Biggest opening weekend for film based on a Broadway adaption, overtaking “Les Miserables” ($103 million)
- Best start for a non-sequel film in 2024
- Fifth-largest debut in history for a musical ahead of 2023’s “The Little Mermaid” ($163.6 million) and behind only 2019’s “The Lion King” ($446 million), 2017’s “Beauty and the Beast” ($358 million), “Frozen 2” ($358 million) and 2019’s “Aladdin” ($213 million).
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2024-11-24 23:46