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‘Wicked’ To Win Over The World With $165M-$200M Opening; ‘Gladiator II’ Around $150M?

posted 5 days ago by Satan2016 (25525)
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https://deadline.com/2024/11/wicked-gladiator-box-office-preview-1236181463/

Universal’s female Jurassic World movie, if you will, the feature take of the Broadway musical Wicked, is expected to pull in any every single woman to the tune of a $125 million-$150 million domestic opening this weekend. Add in an extra $40M-$50M from its overseas launch.

By every single woman we mean in the U.S., where pre-sales are through the roof; we’re hearing that they’re around $30M+. The movie is already holding previews, last night and Wednesday in premium theaters via an Amazon promotion, with regularly scheduled early screenings starting Thursday at 2 p.m.

Meanwhile, Paramount’s Gladiator II touches stateside with a $60M+ opening forecast, which will be the biggest start for an R-rated movie in November, and best ever three-day total for filmmaker Ridley Scott and star Denzel Washington. The ancient Rome sequel crossed the century mark at the overseas box office today after an $87M foreign bow.

[–] Bloodworth79 (5687) 2 days ago

Looks horrible

[–] BKB (9877) 2 days ago

I predict this movie to come in WAYYY under your predictions and that anything less than a 100 Million and the What Went Wrong Thread will commence

[–] HarlemEagle42 (17720) 2 days ago

Well in the battle of the 2024 musicals, I thought Joker 2 would beat Wicked. But hey, maybe this has a better chance after all at being a hit.