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.

Wicked” is leading a major box office resurgence with the blockbuster raking in more than $250 million domestically since hitting screens. Meanwhile, “Moana 2,” which came out Wednesday, has already grossed $175 million.

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.

Following a sluggish year at the box office, “Wicked” and “Gladiator II” opened this weekend with combined earnings of $270 million internationally, providing the box office with much-needed rejuvenation as the busiest moviegoing weekend of the year, per Box Office Mojo.

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