Wicked opens to $114M at domestic box office; 3rd biggest opening of 2024

[Assassin]

 

[JO1s]

4 minutes ago, Dante said:

ppl like corny shti

[enchanted0]

3 minutes ago, Dante said:

ppl like corny shti

it's not cornier than this post for sure

[Blue Monday]

ATRL loses AGAIN 

 

 

[JBJT2786]

Not to be that person but it went from 165-200,to 120 to now 114M?

 

What's the cinemascore cuz this is making me nervous with the future numbers ( especially with the Thanksgiving holiday this week and Moana 2 coming to destroy everything )....

[OnlyManInTheWorld]

I expected 140-160 tbh

[X~MoviePoP]

Kinda underperformed 

[Assassin]

3 minutes ago, JBJT2786 said:

Not to be that person but it went from 165-200,to 120 to now 114M?

 

3 minutes ago, OnlyManInTheWorld said:

I expected 140-160 tbh

That was worldwide projection. 

 

[St. Charles]

What were the other two that were higher? This is obviously awesome, but I thought it would be bigger because this is one of the most promoted movies I can remember.

[JO1s]

2 minutes ago, St. Charles said:

What were the other two that were higher? This is obviously awesome, but I thought it would be bigger because this is one of the most promoted movies I can remember.

Inside out 2 and DP and W

[Gaia]

2 minutes ago, St. Charles said:

What were the other two that were higher? This is obviously awesome, but I thought it would be bigger because this is one of the most promoted movies I can remember.

I think Deadpool and Inside Out 2

[JBJT2786]

5 minutes ago, Assassin said:

That was worldwide projection. 

 

Yea i read it wrong. But the domestic was def lower than expected.

 

https://deadline.com/2024/11/wicked-gladiator-box-office-preview-1236181463/

 

Looks like overseas numbers slightly overperformed.

 

300M domestic is likely, probably 500M WW final. Only problem is Moana 2 washing everything away this weekend.

[Nefertiti0]

4 minutes ago, St. Charles said:

What were the other two that were higher? This is obviously awesome, but I thought it would be bigger because this is one of the most promoted movies I can remember.

Deadpool & Wolverine - $211M from 4,210 locations
Inside Out 2 - $154M from 4,440 locations

[Vespertine]

Feel like it should be more with this exhausting marketing push tbh. I'm so sick of seeing Wicked everygoddamnwhere I look. 

[piotrert]

it's good, but wasn't this movie 1bln lock like week ago? now it will be not even close to that. all this annoying promo for what

[Broken]

10 minutes ago, X~MoviePoP said:

Kinda underperformed 

!

 

International is low and Hurricane Moana is coming.

[Blue Monday]

People trying to turn this into some kind of underperformance  the constant shifting of goalposts on this website never ceases to amaze me 

[Space Cowboy]

Nice numbers. Although I did expect bigger domestic numbers. It nearly didn't beat Beetlejuice 2 opening with a way bigger marketing capaign and way more hype.

[JO1s]

It's not even open in a lot of countries yet, this film will have legs. And I don't think Moana 2 will completely flood this film out.

[Popboi.]

29 minutes ago, Dante said:

ppl like corny shti

Sis you're on atrl, you're NOT above corny

[Bloodflowers.]

Congrats to the Rain On Me hitmaker

[X~MoviePoP]

Expecting a 450 mill finish.

[Blue Monday]

3 minutes ago, JO1s said:

It's not even open in a lot of countries yet, this film will have legs. And I don't think Moana 2 will completely flood this film out.

If it's anything like The Greatest Showman's legs it'll be massive. 

[Space Cowboy]

3 minutes ago, Blue Monday said:

People trying to turn this into some kind of underperformance  the constant shifting of goalposts on this website never ceases to amaze me 

I can understand the sentiment. The film reportedly had massive pre-sales, second only to D&W. Additionally, some publications and box office analysts were predicting a domestic opening between $120M and $155M just a few weeks ago.

 

Given those expectations, the $114M opening feels somewhat underwhelming, especially since many were anticipating an overperformance similar to Barbie.

[Dante]

29 minutes ago, enchanted0 said:

it's not cornier than this post for sure

u would know about corny