{"id":127881,"date":"2024-11-20T03:36:08","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T20:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=127881"},"modified":"2024-11-20T03:36:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T20:36:08","slug":"wicked-eyes-100-million-debut-gladiator-2-strong-in-box-office-tracking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=127881","title":{"rendered":"Wicked Eyes $100 Million Debut, Gladiator 2 Strong in Box Office Tracking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIs \u201cGlicked\u201d the new \u201cBarbenheimer\u201d?<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWhether \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/wicked\/\" id=\"auto-tag_wicked\" data-tag=\"wicked\">Wicked<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/gladiator-ii\/\" id=\"auto-tag_gladiator-ii\" data-tag=\"gladiator-ii\">Gladiator II<\/a>\u201d inspires an unorthodox double feature \u00e0 la last summer\u2019s simultaneous blockbusters \u201cBarbie\u201d and \u201cOppenheimer\u201d remains a question. Either way, there\u2019s a box office battle brewing between Universal\u2019s pink-and-green musical and Paramount\u2019s bloody sword-and-sandal epic, both of which open on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWicked,\u201d director Jon M. Chu\u2019s big-screen take on the beloved Broadway show, is expected to lead with a huge $100 million to $110 million from 3,880 North American theaters over the weekend. The PG-rated film landed on tracking with projections of $80 million to $85 million, but estimates have increased in subsequent weeks. Given the ubiquity of the stage show, the omnipresence of the Oz-themed marketing campaign and enough brand partnerships (more than 400 in total) to fill Emerald City, rival studio executives and independent tracking services believe that ticket sales could fly to $130 million in its first weekend of release. Even a start on the lower end of projections would rank as the best debut for a Broadway adaptation, a record that currently belongs to 2014\u2019s \u201cInto the Woods\u201d ($31 million).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThough \u201cWicked\u201d will loom large at the domestic box office, \u201cGladiator II,\u201d Ridley Scott\u2019s quarter-century-in-the-making sequel, should open solidly in second place. The R-rated follow to 2000\u2019s \u201cGladiator\u201d is aiming to collect $65 million from 3,500 cinemas over the weekend. It\u2019s pacing above other post-pandemic big-budget tentpoles aimed at older males, such as James Bond installment \u201cNo Time to Die\u201d ($55 million debut in 2021) and \u201cIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny\u201d ($60.3 million in 2023).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cGladiator II\u201d already entered the international box office arena with $87 million from 63 markets, standing as the biggest R-rated opening weekend overseas for Paramount Pictures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe second \u201cGladiator\u201d cost more than $250 million to produce and roughly $100 million to promote, so the action epic needs to resonate at the global box office to be deemed a success. Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal and Denzel Washington star in the tentpole, which picks up two decades after the original as Lucius (Mescal), the nephew of Joaquin Phoenix\u2019s emperor Commodus, enters the Colosseum and seeks to return the glory of Rome to its people.\u00a0Reviews have been mostly positive, though, of course, \u201cGladiator II\u201d has big sandals to fill as the successor to an Oscar best picture winner. The original also triumphed commercially as one of the highest grossing movies of 2000 with $465 million globally. <em>Variety\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0Owen Gleiberman\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/reviews\/gladiator-ii-review-paul-mescal-denzel-washington-pedro-pascal-ridley-scott-1236204115\/\">called the second installment<\/a>\u00a0a \u201cserviceable but far from great sequel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWicked,\u201d too, has stratospheric stakes. Universal has been developing the movie for over a decade and cycled through several directors before Chu (\u201cCrazy Rich Asians,\u201d \u201cIn the Heights\u201d) stepped behind the camera. Not only does the song-and-dance film carry a $150 million budget, but the second half of the two-part story (which cost an additional $150 million) is arriving on the big screen in 2025. Universal needs the first film needs to strike a chord with moviegoers so they show up for \u201cWicked: Part Two\u201d next Thanksgiving. \u201cWicked\u201d also has to overcome the reality that stage musicals haven\u2019t translated to box office riches in over a decade. The last ones to really connect were 2012\u2019s \u201cLes Miserables\u201d ($442 million globally) and 2014\u2019s \u201cInto the Woods\u201d ($212 million globally against a $50 million budget). More recent attempts like Steven Spielberg\u2019s \u201cWest Side Story\u201d remake, Chu\u2019s \u201cIn the Heights,\u201d \u201cDear Evan Hansen,\u201d \u201cCats\u201d and \u201cThe Color Purple\u201d all sputtered in cinemas despite being based on popular productions.<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn any case, \u201cWicked\u201d looks to end that ignominious run. Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo star in the cinematic version of the long-running Broadway smash about everything that happens before Dorothy lands in Oz. It serves as a prequel and sequel to \u201cThe Wizard of Oz,\u201d charting the unlikely friendship of Erivo\u2019s green-skinned Elphaba (later known as the Wicked Witch of the West) and Grande\u2019s perky, pink Glinda (eventually dubbed Glinda the Good). Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman, who wrote the music and lyrics to the Broadway show, adapted the screenplay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWicked\u201d and \u201cGladiator\u201d look to fuel a massive Thanksgiving period at the box office, which will continue with another blockbuster-hopeful, Disney\u2019s \u201cMoana 2,\u201d on Nov. 27. As Glinda sings in the fizzy musical: \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ue-WY8ST1KI\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ue-WY8ST1KI\" target=\"_blank\">Thank goodness!<\/a>\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/box-office\/wicked-gladiator-2-box-office-tracking-1236213633\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is \u201cGlicked\u201d the new \u201cBarbenheimer\u201d? Whether \u201cWicked\u201d and \u201cGladiator II\u201d inspires an unorthodox double feature \u00e0 la last summer\u2019s simultaneous blockbusters \u201cBarbie\u201d and \u201cOppenheimer\u201d remains a question. 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