The highly anticipated Wicked movie directed by Jon M. Chu has taken the box office by storm, setting an historic record for Broadway musical adaptations. Based on the 2003 Broadway… The post Wicked Flies Past Grease to Become the Top Broadway Musical at the Box Office appeared first on Where Is The Buzz | Breaking News,

Wicked' beats 'Grease' becoming the top grossing movie based on a Broadway musical at the domestic box office with $263M+

When I saw Wicked on Broadway in New York City eight or so years ago, I only bought the ticket because it was one of the few major shows offering tickets through TKTS, the "last-minute Broadway Tickets" broker.

Universal's Thanksgiving pic opened to an estimated $114 million over the Nov. 22-24 weekend, more than three times the previous domestic record-holder, 'Into the Woods.'

Less than a week into its theatrical run, the blockbuster musical Wicked has passed a major new global box office milestone. The movie contested a hotly-anticipated battle with Gladiator II in its first weekend,

Battling a 27 percent decline in domestic ticket sales compared with before the pandemic, studios left no marketing drum unthumped in releasing the movies.

The movie is only the first half of a broader adaptation of the stage show. The post ‘Wicked’ just broke a surprising box office record appeared first on The Manual.