The yellow brick road has turned green this weekend – with Wicked: For Good earning big bucks at the box office in its opening run. Jon M. Chu’s film, the second act of his adaptation of the beloved stage musical, had a sizeable debut with audiences turning up en masse for the concluding chapter of Elphaba and Glinda’s story. The all-singing all-dancing finale pulled in over $226 million worldwide, a major leap even from last year’s Wicked.
In the US alone, Wicked: For Good raked in $150 million, with an additional $76 million across the rest of the world; that’s even more pop-u-lar than Wicked’s $164.2 million debut, which itself set a record for the best opening weekend of a film based on a Broadway musical. It’s a colossal start for Chu’s Part Two – ahead of the debuts for Superman ($220 million) and The Fantastic Four: First Steps ($218 million), though trailing behind Lilo & Stitch, Jurassic World Rebirth and A Minecraft Movie which all hit $300 million+ on their opening weekends. Wicked: For Good faces little in the way of blockbuster competition until Avatar: Fire And Ash arrives in December, though it will compete at the box office this coming weekend with Disney’s Zootropolis 2.
Stay tuned in the coming weeks to see how Wicked: For Good’s theatrical run continues – the first film tapped out at $758 million worldwide, but was buoyed by more positive reviews than the follow-up. Either way, all involved will be clicking their heels together at another significant smash.
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