The first of Wicked a week later Gladiator IIpredicted an effect similar to that felt two summers ago with “Barbenheimer”. And although the Broadway adaptation and the Roman sequel did not reach the numbers of barbie And Oppenheimerany weekend with two films topping 50 million at the box office is cause for celebration. In the United States and Canada, combined releases of highly anticipated films pile up $169 millionrepresenting more than 80% of the billing generally received on the offer of feature films. But the triumph of the first part of this magical story starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande goes far beyond its comparison with Ridley Scott’s peplum. Wicked East the best premiere of a musical in the history of celluloid.
fidelity of the original material which was born as a prequel to The Wizard of Oz, Wicked raised $221 million in the ticket office world. Some encouraging figures in a year where the exhibition suffered business failures of the size of The specialist, Furious or Joker: Folie à Deux and where in general, the box office fell by 11% compared to the same period of 2023. Initial forecasts were around 80 million in the United StatesHowever, fans of the intellectual property have arrived with an attitude of confidence towards the inauguration of a story that will culminate with the arrival in theaters of Villain: Part Two on November 21, 2025. The least flattering aspect of this first economic return is the big budget managed by both blockbusters. Gladiator II cost Paramount Pictures between $250 and $300 million, while the sum of the two parts of Wicked They represent an additional budget item of 300 million for Universal Pictures.
What is “Wicked” about?
The official synopsis of Wicked: “Set in the Land of Oz, long before the arrival of Dorothy Gale from Kansas, the story focuses on the events that occur in the first act of the musical. Elphaba (Erivo) is a young woman misunderstood by her unusual green color who has not yet discovered her true power, while Linda (Grande) is a popular young woman marked by her privilege and her ambition, without yet knowing what her true power is. true passion. The two meet while students at Shiz University and, despite their differences, end up forming an unexpected friendship. “Their adventures in Oz will ultimately lead them to their destinies as the Good Witch and the Wicked Witch of the West.”
They support Erivo and Grande in distribution Jonathan Bailey (the Bridgertons), Michelle Yeoh (All at once everywhere), Jeff Goldblum (The fly),Ethan Slater (Lost on a mountain in Maine), the beginner Marissa Bode And Bronwyn James (Slow horses). As if the excellent box office results weren’t enough, Wicked has managed to obtain excellent reviews from the specialized press, confirming it as an audiovisual spectacle to be enjoyed in the stands and to fully enter the race for the next Oscars. Jon M. Chu The second part will be broadcast next year, again coinciding with these dates before Christmas.
A successful box office
On the American billboard, in the wake of Wicked And Gladiator IIwe find another blockbuster: RedOne. Amazon’s Christmas action film has racked up $52 million, thanks in part to the claim that it will have a cast featuring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans. The list and the overall Top 10 are completed by other films like Venom: The Last Dance (133 million), wild robot (140 million) and Smile 2according to data shared by Box office mojo.
In Spain, the pair called “Gliked” (the name is constructed from the name of Gladiator II And Wicked) also dominates the map. However, the good results of these phenomena constitute isolated cases, as is the case in the international market. Compared to 2023 and 2019, the collection on the Spanish billboard decreased by 10.3% and a 23.2%. Generally alarming situation if we take into account that this year Spain had large markets at the exhibition such as the representation of Inside Out 2 (45 million euros), Deadpool and Wolverine (23 million euros) or Father, there is only one 4 (13 million euros). Of course, a likely decline in interest is expected in both cases, if the first of Moana 2 Next week, it meets predictions that place it as the last big blockbuster of the year.
