It’s not Bappenheimer level, but a combination of Universal musicals evil and paramount Gladiator II — call it Glicked, or Wikiator, or whatever you like — is having a stunning pre-Thanksgiving weekend at the box office.
According to early returns, evil The domestic debut will gross $117 million. While that’s lower than Friday’s estimate of $120, it’s still a history-making figure for a movie based on a Broadway musical, and ranks among the biggest big-screen musical debuts of all time . The film is expected to gross $165 million worldwide.
Gladiator two It’s expected to open to $60 million domestically, which is a great start for a sword-and-sandals movie with a male-dominated cast. (It’s expected to draw a large overseas audience.) Domestic revenue for all movies this weekend is expected to total around $200 million, up 70% from the same weekend last year when it opened during the holidays. Napoleon and hope Open.
Speculation abounded on social media Gladiator II and evil will replicate the Bappenheimer effect this weekend and be the perfect pairing to draw men and women to the theaters. While they couldn’t match the domestic debuts of “Barbie” ($162 million) and “Oppenheimer” ($82.5 million), they did draw nearly every demo, including playing to racially diverse audiences .
Walt Disney Animation’s Thanksgiving marquee is about to get even more fun moana 2 Released on November 27th.
As expected, largely driven by women, critically acclaimed evil Won unanimous praise from the audience.
Filmmaker Jon M. Chu’s adaptation of the popular Broadway musical features a high-profile cast led by Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo. Universal Pictures took a big gamble on making two movies, part two of which evil It was released a year later. The first product cost $150 million to produce before it hit the market.
Originally adapted from the best-selling novel by Gregory Maguire, evil It tells the untold story of the witches of Oz, starring Erivo as Elphaba and Grande as Glinda. Winnie Holzman, who wrote the stage play, wrote the script for Chu’s film along with Dana Fox. Academy Award-winning composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz brings this musical to the screen.
Directed by Ridley Scott and costing $250 million Gladiator The sequel was a top choice among men, young and old, and received a CinemaScore B rating. The film, released 24 years after the first film, stars Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen and Fred Heckinger.
If the estimate holds, Gladiator II This would mark the biggest start of Scott’s career; the same goes for Washington.
In the film, Mescal plays the adult Lucius Verus II, nephew of Emperor Commodus, played by Joaquin Phoenix in the original film. Forced into slavery, Lucius returned to Rome to fight not as a ruler but as a gladiator, fighting for vengeance and power, seeking to return the glory of Rome to the Roman people.
Updated figures will be provided on Sunday.
