‘Wicked’ will be UK’s biggest film of the year, predicts cinema boss

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Wicked is on course to be the UK’s biggest film of the year, according to a major cinema boss.The film, which is released today (November 22) in both the UK and US, is expected to take the box office by storm.After the global domination of ‘Barbenheimer’ in the summer of 2023, film fans are also looking forward to the phenomenon of ‘Glicked’ when Wicked goes up against Gladiator 2 in the US too.Both movies are expected to make big box office takings in the coming days when they are simultaneously released much like Barbie and Oppenheimer last year.According to Deadline, Jon M.

Chu’s Wicked and Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2 are set to pull in huge takings on their openings with the former expected to clock up over $80million (£62.8million) and the latter $65million (£51million) domestically.Now, Vue founder and CEO Tim Richards has said he believes Wicked could be the biggest film of the year.“Following the huge success of Paddington In Peru and Gladiator 2, and ahead of Moana 2, Mufasa and other amazing films in the lead up to Christmas, Vue has delivered record-breaking pre-sales for Wicked.“The pre-sales are tracking in line with Barbie’s last year and it looks like Wicked could be the biggest film of 2024.