45 just went up, sitting at 96% fresh score.
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Disney (and others) at the Box Office - Current State of Affairs
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45 just went up, sitting at 96% fresh score.
On thing is for certain, it should be better than Cats.
How dare you even bring that energy in here, with that cursed film!
Phroobar
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Just saying that modern musical movies don't do well. Cats, The Greatest Showman, Westside Story all failed. I guess Wicked is different.
Greatest Showman was succesful I thought? Definitely made a profit against its budget.
The big issue is they don't know how to direct a musical these days for film. But I am seeing a lot of people saying Jon Chu gets it, and this is up there with Chicago, Mamma Mia, etc.
Vegas Disney Fan
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Is this the opposite of review bombing?
How can 1000+ people rate it before it’s even been released?
There's been a lot of early screenings.
Tony the Tigger
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brideck
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Hopefully he's learned from making In the Heights. I was not a fan of the direction in that screen adaptation -- so many of the dance sequences in that one had a ton of MTV cutting and closeups instead of just letting the choreography do the work.
Exactly.
But yes, many other recent attempts have failed. But Wicked is a beast of property. It had far wider audience appeal than Cats, or West Side Story, and it only fails if it’s bad, and so far it sounds like it’s good. Audiences will show up.
Disstevefan1
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The Greatest Showman is a GREAT movie!
Disney Irish
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Not to mention that West Side was still a pandemic release, even in late 2021.
Animaniac93-98
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Greatest Showman made $469 million worldwide on an $84 million budget
The movie is divisive to say the least, but it certainly made money
Animaniac93-98
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Wicked currently at 92% on RT based on 111 reviews.
I can't not see it being a hit at this point, despite the common criticism of its length.
I can't not see it being a hit at this point, despite the common criticism of its length.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
The real question is are families going to see it or Moana? With most families only seeing a max of one movie a month, its going to be a choice.
Though I have seen online some rumblings about a "Barbenheimer" type thing potentially happen with Moana and Wicked. What do we call that, "Micked", "Moicked", "Wioana"?
Vegas Disney Fan
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I’m not usually a movie musical guy (although I enjoy live theater musicals) but this movie was great.
Whoever cast it did an amazing job. Every character played their part perfectly.
‘Wicked’ To Win Over The World With $165M-$200M Opening; ‘Gladiator II’ Passing $100M Overseas Today With An Eye On $60M+ U.S. Weekend – Box Office Preview
'Glicked' -- 'Gladiator II' and 'Wicked' -- is about to take effect this weekend at the box office.
deadline.com
“Universal’s female Jurassic World movie, if you will, the feature take of the Broadway musical Wicked, is expected to pull in any every single woman to the tune of a $125 million-$150 million domestic opening this weekend. Add in an extra $40M-$50M from its overseas launch.
By every single woman we mean in the U.S., where pre-sales are through the roof; we’re hearing that they’re around $30M+. The movie is already holding previews, last night and Wednesday in premium theaters via an Amazon promotion, with regularly scheduled early screenings starting Thursday at 2 p.m. Last night’s preview was strong enough business-wise to land Wicked a 99% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Glicked is about to take effect at the box office. If anything, with Moana 2 coming on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, the holiday stretch from this Friday through the Sunday after Black Friday is expected to be the highest-grossing ever at the domestic box office for all films.
There’s a little bit of a Barbie moment going on with Wicked in terms of pre-sales,” one industry insider commented this morning. “They just keep going up and up with tracking numbers through the roof.” Quorum reports that Wicked ranks as the firm’s most highest-tracked title in its post-Covid run with 70% total awareness.“
I think there will be some cross over. People will defy expectations if the films are good. Good films bring people out, more than the averages we expect.
If they are picking one over the other, families will be going to Moana, and you’ll see a similar audience to Barbie hitting up Wicked.
Tony the Tigger
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I’ve been hearing it more as Wicked paired with Gladiator.
Haven’t seen it!
Vegas Disney Fan
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That’s shocking, the music is amazing and Jackman, Efron, and Zendaya are wonderful. The whole cast was great.