Simultaneous premiere Wicked And Gladiator 2 in the United States, it revived the box office. In the new year, as movie theaters struggle with a lack of audiences, films from Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures sought to bring joy and color back to movie theaters. And counterprogramming it can lead to a new phenomenon, such as Barbenheimer since last year. This time the experts called it clicked.
Thanks to his arrival in cinemas, American box office closed the second best weekend of the year. In total, the collection in the North American country reached $209 million. But not only this, but also clicked movie theaters enjoyed their best pre-Thanksgiving weekend in more than a decade. Most of the blame, yeah Wicked.
Musical, book adaptation Gregory Maguire Published in 1995 and premiering on Broadway in 2003, the film became one of the most anticipated films of the year. Forecasts for Wicked They were huge when they debuted. And the film coped with this task. In the US alone, the project, led by Jon M. Chu, grossed $114 million. Thus, it becomes the third best premiere of the year, second only to Deadpool and Wolverine (211 million) and Inside Out 2 (154 million).
Wicked It becomes the fourth musical with the best box office debut in cinema history. But it also managed to become a Broadway adaptation with the best debut ever. A record that already stands at an astronomical distance from the previous ones, almost four times exceeding 31 million US dollars. Into the forest in 2014. At the international level, Wicked adds another 50.2 millionwhich values it at $164.2 million, also well above the $103 million worldwide it achieved. Les Miserables in 2012.
Wicked wins the game Gladiator 2
Another part of the phenomenon clicked is Gladiator 2. It hit theaters in most territories a week ago. But in the USA the long-awaited sequel Ridley Scott was released at the same time Wicked. Obviously, since this is an over-18 film, its box office returns are much more modest. Although in any case, he took a solid second place in the weekly ranking.
Total Gladiator 2 grossed $55.5 million in the US. This figure is slightly lower than expected, but still very positive for the film in terms of its characteristics. For comparison, it far exceeded 20.6 million. Napoleonprevious film by the British director. It’s also worth noting that the next few days could be fabulous again. And Thanksgiving is approaching, traditionally one of the best weekends of each year. clicked will take advantage of this, to which we must add coming to the cinemas Moana 2who strives for absolutely everything.
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