00:00Wicked has taken the top spot for both global and domestic openings
00:04for a movie based on a Broadway show.
00:06The film, based on the $5 million grossing Broadway musical,
00:09earned a whopping $114 million domestically and $164.2 million worldwide,
00:15making it the largest opening ever for a Broadway musical adaptation.
00:21This film also marks Ariana Grande's first feature film debut
00:25in a major tentpole production,
00:26and it delivered record-breaking results for the pop star.
00:29With Wicked, Ariana not only set her personal best,
00:32but has also secured the biggest domestic opening for a pop star ever,
00:36outpacing films from other major music icons like Lady Gaga, Harry Styles and Taylor Swift.
00:43For the director John M. Chu, Wicked marks one of the highest-earned films.
00:47Producer Mark Platt also saw this movie coming up
00:50as the second-largest global opening after Aladdin,
00:53which had been released back in 2019.
00:56With a stunning $46.4 million on its first day of release,
01:00Wicked broke the record for the biggest first day for a movie,
01:03claiming to be the fifth-biggest domestic opening for a musical feature ever.
01:07As of now, Wicked holds the third-biggest domestic opening tag of this year,
01:12just behind Deadpool and Wolverine and Inside Out 2.
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