‘Wicked’ To Cast $80M+ Opening Spell, ‘Gladiator II’ To Roar $65M – Box Office Early Look
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deadline.comEveryone will begin returning to the movies just before Thanksgiving on Nov. 22 as Universal’s Wicked and Paramount’s Gladiator II just hit tracking with respective openings of $80M+ and $65M.
Both have potential for upside and we won’t know if we’re within a Barbenheimer vortex until it happens — though that would not be a surprise.
Wicked is very hot with women, and Gladiator II, is best with men, but also older women. At $80M+, that’s easily the best domestic box office opening ever for filmmaker Jon M.
Chu, ahead of G.I. Joe Retaliation ($41M), and yes, the best ever for Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo. At $65M+ for Gladiator II, that’s a record opening for Denzel Washington and for director Ridley Scott.
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