Slate Posted Sunday at 05:14 PM Posted Sunday at 05:14 PM 1 minute ago, halcyonday said: I mean on Twitter I keep seeing posts that it's outdoing Barbie WW total so I'm curious where it's going to end. The smashery in the US is to be expected, personally I don't think this "universe" is known much outside of the US so I'm curious in seeing the numbers, especially after such aggressive marketing campaign and trying to replicate Barbiehaimer. Are you also expecting Gladiator to match Oppenheimer's 980m gross?
Assassin Posted Sunday at 05:14 PM Posted Sunday at 05:14 PM 10 minutes ago, halcyonday said: The gays were saying it's outdoing Barbie so this will be interesting. who said that? That wasn't realistic at all. 1
Tm4074 Posted Sunday at 05:14 PM Posted Sunday at 05:14 PM 2 minutes ago, Space Cowboy said: Idk about that. People in r/boxoffice were really hyped. Many were predicting +1 billion and a Barbie type of breakout. Now, all of a sudden, it's "those predictions were never realistic". r/boxoffce are just regular people on the internet that make guesses. They also predicted the Eras Tour to do 1B due to the insane pre-sale rush and were way off (obviously). Movies targeted towards woman are a blind spot for box office predictors because of the limited comps available. 1 1
Assassin Posted Sunday at 05:17 PM Posted Sunday at 05:17 PM 1 minute ago, Eternium said: Anyway, the reported budget for Wicked 1 + 2 is $350M. No word on whether or not that includes promo, but probably not which means they spent $700M total. Here's where they are against their total budget for both films after just three days of release: Budget: $350M Promo: $350M Total Spent: $700M Wicked 1 Domestic: $114,000,000 x 0.5 = $57,000,000 International: $50,200,000 x 0.4 = $20,080,000 China: N/A Total Grossed: $164,200,000 Total Earned: $77,080,000 They have $623,920,000 to go before they're profitable. And with massive merchandise sales, licensing, music streaming and tons of time in theaters, it's already looking profitable. It's $300M, not $350M. https://variety.com/2024/film/box-office/box-office-wicked-gladiator-2-previews-thursday-1236217142/#:~:text=Next year will see the,tune at the box office. 1
Nashe Posted Sunday at 05:19 PM Posted Sunday at 05:19 PM 1 hour ago, Thuggin said: I'm so excited for Ariana to get more into acting now. Imagine she gets announced as Megara that's definitely her next big stint. The Hercules production is waiting on her finishing her Wicked duties 3
Navyofbadgals Posted Sunday at 05:23 PM Posted Sunday at 05:23 PM 12 minutes ago, Eternium said: It hasn't opened in Germany, Australia, France, China, Japan, etc. yet. It's overseas numbers aren't nearly as impressive as its domestic numbers, but domestic matters more anyway. Can you name these gays? You all have such a weird boner for dragging numbers that now you're going to act like a $100M+ U.S. opening is bad. I thought it already opened in Australia? And the China pre sales are looking pretty bad Japan on the other hand could def boost its numbers though, but I reckon with how well this has done domestically and in the UK (plus its potential legs because of the good word of mouth) this will easily ride its way to profit not even accounting for all of its merchandising
Aristocrat Posted Sunday at 05:25 PM Posted Sunday at 05:25 PM $114M domestically, the 3rd biggest of the year and biggest ever for a Broadway adaptation 1
eyeroll Posted Sunday at 05:28 PM Posted Sunday at 05:28 PM (edited) I figured it'd have the highest of the year just from all the promo, but I don't really follow film charts like that. Most of my friends and I decided to wait a week or two before seeing it because we didn't want to deal with the fanatics dressing up and singing the whole time. I feel like the singing was a legitimate concern people were talking about, so I wonder how many other people also decided to wait. I hope it has a good ongoing run through the holidays! Edited Sunday at 05:30 PM by eyeroll
KKW Posted Sunday at 05:29 PM Posted Sunday at 05:29 PM Sunday isn't even over yet and they've already recouped their budget 6
Aristocrat Posted Sunday at 05:30 PM Posted Sunday at 05:30 PM an incredible debut, especially considering the very first projections didn't even have it hitting $80M total. oh wicked, the smash you are! 2
Donquizote Posted Sunday at 05:30 PM Posted Sunday at 05:30 PM This will have legs. It needs to make at least 450M to break even and I think it will do fine. Word of mouth is strong and it has cinemascore A and letterboxd score 4.2. 4
Iceland Posted Sunday at 05:31 PM Posted Sunday at 05:31 PM #thankyouCynthia #thankyouAriana #thankyouBruno 2
Aristocrat Posted Sunday at 05:31 PM Posted Sunday at 05:31 PM (edited) 2 minutes ago, KKW said: Sunday isn't even over yet and they've already recouped their budget If it keeps performing this well throughout the rest of the theatrical run (and that's not even counting money made from merch, the soundtrack, etc) they could possibly be making nothing but profit alone off of part 2. also there's still a handful of countries, including china, it hasn't been released in yet. Edited Sunday at 05:32 PM by Aristocrat 4
KKW Posted Sunday at 05:33 PM Posted Sunday at 05:33 PM 1 minute ago, Aristocrat said: If it keeps performing this well throughout the rest of the theatrical run (and that's not even counting money made from merch, the soundtrack, etc) they could possibly be making nothing but profit alone off of part 2. also there's still a handful of countries, including china, it hasn't been released in yet. #1 album, #1 movie, Scammy nom, and Scamscar buzz oh Godriana the victory lap you're on this year 3 2
jjmed59 Posted Sunday at 05:34 PM Posted Sunday at 05:34 PM (edited) 1 hour ago, Broken said: Even the box office nerds are saying it's underperforming. the way there are so many comments on there pointing out how there are many major markets where it hasnt opened lmfao in all honesty this is still an overperformance. a movie like wicked without promotion wouldnt have cleared even 50m domestic. the marketing worked. it made audiences care about watching a 3 hour long musical enough to clear 100m in its opening weekend. you losers will not be able to successfully spin this in any negative light just bc a few people were hopeful it would do higher. Edited Sunday at 05:34 PM by jjmed59 10
EtherealCat Posted Sunday at 05:34 PM Posted Sunday at 05:34 PM this underperofrmance will help arainaes oscar chances 1
Thuggin Posted Sunday at 05:34 PM Posted Sunday at 05:34 PM 37 minutes ago, Lovett said: Just back from seeing this and... holy f*ck. I've been waiting for this film for the last 15 years, and it didn't disappoint in the least. Every single cast member was perfectly cast and played their roles to perfection. The gorgeous costumes gagged me and the sets were just extraordinary. I'm so excited to see it all over again. Ariana and Cynthia were incredible. I know everyone has been hyping Ari (rightfully so), but Cynthia stole the whole film for me. The subtleties and complexities in her expressions were so captivating. I was sobbing during "Dancing Through Life" and "Defying Gravity" was better than I could've ever dreamed. Part two is going to ruin me, I just know it. What a film. My theater was mostly good about waiting until the end of the movie to clap, but everyone cheered and applauded after The Wizard and I dare I say it's the best version of that song I've ever heard 1
halcyonday Posted Sunday at 05:39 PM Posted Sunday at 05:39 PM 23 minutes ago, Slate said: Are you also expecting Gladiator to match Oppenheimer's 980m gross? No I don't care for straights movies Also Im not exactly expecting this to match Barbie but curious if it can with all the promo and expectations 1
jjmed59 Posted Sunday at 05:41 PM Posted Sunday at 05:41 PM 6 minutes ago, EtherealCat said: this underperofrmance will help arainaes oscar chances wait lets run w this narrative actually #FLOPcked 1
*.Digambar.* Posted Sunday at 05:42 PM Posted Sunday at 05:42 PM (edited) Whatever the gross may be, it's still one of the best movies I've watched in recent years. Totally did the musical a big justice which is an AMAZING musical in itself. And Cynthia totally deserves an Oscar nomination at the very least. Edited Sunday at 05:43 PM by *.Digambar.*
bync Posted Sunday at 05:43 PM Posted Sunday at 05:43 PM I can't even put into words how much this impacted me. I had never seen Wicked before, I didn't know any of the songs (except for Popular) and this movie turned me into a Wicked (or Oz) stan. Flawless performances by every single cast member but specially by Ariana and Cynthia. I was afraid of Ariana getting away from music and turning to acting (or doing musicals) but after seeing this, I'll be happy with whatever she does, she truly was in her element. What a talent! Cynthia was absolutely mesmerizing, she's so nuanced and intentional in everything she does it's nuts (I'm still crying to Defying Gravity as we speak-- the emotion she conveys in that song is so palpable). I really do hope they stay friends forever! I watched it on Wednesday and I'm going back today to see it in IMAX. SO excited! And I'm sure I'll be back a thousand more times. 5
Walk_Away21 Posted Sunday at 05:44 PM Posted Sunday at 05:44 PM Wow that's good. I thought it had a chance at $120+. The theater girls are SEATED for this and will prob go multiple times.
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