'Wicked' doesn't need to defy any odds here! Director Jon M. Chu's hit musical adaptation opened to an estimated $114 million domestically, the biggest box office launch of all time for a Broadway adaptation. This was a landslide victory for Universal considering that the previous record holder, 'Into the Woods,' opened to $31 million. 'Wicked' is also makes the top 5 biggest domestic opening among and the top give global openings for any musical.
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00:00Wicked doesn't need to defy any odds here. Director Jon M. Chu's hit musical opened
00:12to an estimated $114 million domestically, the biggest box office launch of all time
00:19for a Broadway adaptation. This was a landslide victory for Universal, considering that the
00:23previous record holder, Into the Woods, opened to $31 million.
00:28Wicked also makes the top five biggest domestic openings for a musical, and the top five global
00:34openings for any musical. Overseas, Wicked also shattered records in launching to $50.2
00:39million from 61 markets for a global launch of $164 million. Likewise, the biggest worldwide
00:46opening for a Broadway musical adaptation, ahead of Les Mis, and the fifth biggest of
00:51all time for any musical.
00:53Originally based on the best-selling novel by Gregory Maguire, Wicked tells the untold
00:57story of the Witches of Oz, with Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Glinda.
01:03The film was strategically split into two films, with Chu's sequel debuting a year
01:07from now.
01:08For more box office records and all things Wicked, head to THR.com. And for the latest
01:13entertainment news and updates, keep watching The Hollywood Reporter News.