‘Wicked’ Defies Gravity With Record November Monday Of $15M+, ‘Gladiator II’ Slays $5M+ – Box Office
deadline.comBefore Moana 2 rains a monsoon of cash, Universal’s witches musical, Wicked, will not go quietly in the night, in fact yesterday the Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande movie was grande indeed with an estimated $15.6M. That’s the best Monday ever for November, better than Frozen II ($12.7M, Nov.
25, 2019), better than The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ($12.3M, Nov. 25, 2013), higher than Skyfall ($11.3M, Nov. 12, 2012) and bigger than post-Covid’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ($11.1M, Nov.
14, 2022). Wicked shoots up to $128.1M through four days. Wicked‘s Monday was down -49% from Sunday’s $30.8M. Wicked‘s 3-day opening came in at $112.5M, the best by leaps and bounds for a movie based on a Broadway musical.
Meanwhile, Paramount’s Gladiator II did $5.5M on Monday, -59% from Sunday’s $13.6M, taking its four-day take to $60.6M.
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