‘Wicked’ Becomes The Highest Grossing Movie Based On A Broadway Musical At Domestic Box Office

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During the course of a record Thanksgiving weekend, Universal’s Wicked: Part One has become the highest grossing movie ever at the domestic box office based on a Broadway musical.

Through yesterday, the Jon M. Chu directed, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande starring feature counts $214.3M in the midst of its second weekend, defeating the lifetime gross of Paramount’s 1978 classic, Grease.

By Sunday, Wicked is expected to reach just under $263M. Worldwide with $358M and counting by Sunday, Wicked will stand as the fourth highest grossing movie based on a Broadway musical after Mamma Mia! ($611.2M), Les Miserables ($442.7M) and Grease ($396.2M).

Wicked was always perceived to be chiefly domestic-driven at the B.O.With a running time of 2 hours and 40 minutes to Moana 2‘s 100 minutes, some box office sources believed that Wicked would hit a buzzsaw in the Dwayne Johnson-Auli’i Cravalho sequel, but the two heavy female demo movies (70%-plus) co-existed wonderfully.