movie Wicked (2024) | Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande | RT: 90% MC: 73

[Jude]

44 minutes ago, Zaynsus said:

Same here

 

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I thought Defying Gravity was going to be the most emotional scene for me but it was this one.

 

On my first watch, yeah, the Ozdust scene made the emotional the most. But on my second watch, DG scene killed me.

[V$.]

3 hours ago, Jude said:

Prediction improved from $15.8M to $16.4M from Tuesday dom BO.

 

 

[Uncatena]

Can a Wickedhead answer this for me? Heavy spoilers for part 2:

 

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does Glinda know that Elphabas death was faked or does she also actually think she is did and only Fiyero knows? I forget.

 

[Funhouse]

52 minutes ago, Uncatena said:

Can a Wickedhead answer this for me? Heavy spoilers for part 2:

 

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does Glinda know that Elphabas death was faked or does she also actually think she is did and only Fiyero knows? I forget.

 

Heavy spoilers for part 2:

 

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Glinda thinks Elphaba is really dead. After the fake melting, Elphaba says she wishes she could let Glinda know she's still alive, to which Fiyero answers that no one can ever know

 

 

 

Edited November 27, 2024 by Funhouse

[Radical Pessimism]

I just got out from my screening and wow, wicked is movie of the year. I had such a good experience the whole time. Both of Cynthia and Ariana did an amazing job. Also, the movie made me teary a couple of times.  
Now I can't wait for part 2 next year!

[Radical Pessimism]

3 hours ago, Lovett said:

"Dancing Through Life" is gay AF.  There are guys lusting after Fiyero, alongside the women. Plus Fiyero is definitely bi in the film.

Also, Jonathan Bailey is a snack in that number

[Uncatena]

21 minutes ago, Funhouse said:

Heavy spoilers for part 2:

 

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Glinda thinks Elphaba is really dead. After the fake melting, Elphaba says she wishes she could let Glinda know she's still alive, to which Fiyero answers that no one can ever know

 

 

 

thank you!! I really wasn't sure anymore.

[R.E.M.]

10 hours ago, Thuggin said:

Hurricane Moana coming to stomp all over Wicked's second week I fear

 

That and Gladiator still taking up so many of the premium showings and that's before we even get to Mufasa

 

Last year I said they should really aim to have this out September/October to take advantage of Halloween hype (and an unremarkable season at the BO with no competition). Losing screens to all these big movies is really just bad timing

[Jude]

Reading the first pages of this thread is such a big kiiii

[Just a Gay on ATRL]

This movie soundtrack is altering something in my brain chemistry

 

A masterpiece 

[Just a Gay on ATRL]

On 4/26/2022 at 1:48 PM, Lost In Paradise said:

What has Jon Chu done successfully? Quickly.

 

On 4/26/2022 at 3:37 PM, Coma Baby said:

This project already sounds like a nonstarter. They're setting themselves up. 

 

What happened to the Hercules live action movie? Meg would have been a much better role for Ariana. 

 

On 4/26/2022 at 4:28 PM, Attitude said:

If the first one bombs.

 

On 4/26/2022 at 5:04 PM, Lille said:

Musicals are already dying at the box office, this director's last musical was a massive bomb and this led them to think "We should do TWO"?

 

Another (two) flops in the basket.

 

On 4/26/2022 at 12:34 PM, Uncatena said:

This is going to bomb so hard omg

Oh that's not…

[Uncatena]

1 minute ago, Just a Gay on ATRL said:

 

 

 

 

Oh that's not…

LMFAO I'm more than happy to devour my words here because I really had no idea what I was talking about

[family.guy123]

1 hour ago, R.E.M. said:

Last year I said they should really aim to have this out September/October to take advantage of Halloween hype (and an unremarkable season at the BO with no competition). Losing screens to all these big movies is really just bad timing

Did it lose screens though? There was a report saying it kept the same amount as last week. 3,888, I believe 

[Thuggin]

24 minutes ago, family.guy123 said:

Did it lose screens though? There was a report saying it kept the same amount as last week. 3,888, I believe 

It already was losing premium screens to Gladiator its first week and I believe Gladiator actually increased screens its second week. I still don't have any late evening IMAX showings in my area. 

 

I don't know if releasing before October would've helped though because October is notoriously a slow time for the movies.

[V$.]

MOVE MOANA!!! 

 

 

[V$.]

 

[Thuggin]

11 minutes ago, V$. said:

MOVE MOANA!!! 

 

 

Moana doing that in the Tuesday previews, yeah it's gonna easily clear $200M+ in the five day

[ctlp27]

I am not sure how it will fare in France, as there has been some mockery online following the release of clips from the French dubbed version during advanced screenings.

 

It's puzzling why Universal made this choice, considering that, to my knowledge, Wicked has never been adapted into French nor performed in English in Paris.

 

While dubbing can be effective, the lyrics appear to be very close to the English version "défier la gravité"), unlike Disney, which typically takes time to thoroughly translate and adapt their content. And Ariana's voice seems more mature than her actual.

[ariananext]

12 minutes ago, ctlp27 said:

I am not sure how it will fare in France, as there has been some mockery online following the release of clips from the French dubbed version during advanced screenings.

 

It's puzzling why Universal made this choice, considering that, to my knowledge, Wicked has never been adapted into French nor performed in English in Paris.

 

While dubbing can be effective, the lyrics appear to be very close to the English version "défier la gravité"), unlike Disney, which typically takes time to thoroughly translate and adapt their content. And Ariana's voice seems more mature than her actual.

Everything of this happened for Italy too! Musicals aren't really a thing here, it's been sitting at #3 at the box office I believe. 

[V$.]

 

 

[ALA]

This is going to play well into the new year  smash

[Thuggin]

13 minutes ago, V$. said:

 

 

Second biggest 6th day of 2024! Surpassed Deadpool & Wolverine and only behind Inside Out 2

[Shendelzare]

Just finished watching this and it didn't feel that it was that long. I was actually surprised it was almost over. 

 

Ariana's victorious role jumped out and Cynthia mothered as well. 

 

 

[Funhouse]

I've read a lot of complaints about the dubbing from people in various countries. Hopefully the original English language version is available too in those places. It would be a shame if this prevents Wicked from becoming a success in new markets.

 

The Dutch dub looks surprisingly good. It probably helps that the show had already been translated into Dutch before, and the cast looks promising as well. They've done a good job of matching the voice actors to the characters (including race appropriate casting for the Black and Asian characters) and it's an interesting mix of actors who've already done Wicked on stage and actors who are new to the show/film.

[Just a Gay on ATRL]

The numbers! Talent is winning!