Wicked: For Good Takes the Crown

Wicked: For Good has made a huge splash at the box office. It opened with a massive $150 million in the U. S. and $226 million worldwide. This beat the original Wicked's numbers by a lot. The first Wicked movie made $112. 5 million in the U. S. and $164 million globally. So, Wicked: For Good is now the biggest opening for a movie based on a Broadway show. This isn't just a win for the movie. It's also a big deal for the people involved. Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, and filmmaker Jon M. Chu all have new records. This is the biggest opening ever for all of them. Even the producer, Marc Platt, broke his own records. His previous big opener was Aladdin in 2019, which made $213 million globally. Wicked: For Good also had the biggest first day at the U. S. box office for a movie based on a Broadway musical. It made $68. 9 million on its first day, beating Wicked's $46. 2 million from last year. The movie also had the biggest domestic previews for a movie based on a Broadway musical, with $30. 8 million. That's way ahead of Wicked's $19. 2 million from last year. This movie is a big hit in November too. It had the biggest opening ever for a movie musical in November, beating Disney's Moana 2. It's also the second biggest opening at the 2025 domestic box office so far. It's behind only A Minecraft Movie and ahead of Lilo & Stitch. Wicked: For Good is also the second biggest opening for Universal of all time. It's behind only Jurassic World from 2015. It's the second biggest domestic opening before Thanksgiving, behind only The Hunger Games: Catching Fire from 2013. The movie also had a huge promotional campaign. It had the second biggest global promotional partner campaign ever for a Hollywood studio. That's with 400 partners and a media value of $330 million. It's just behind Wicked's $350 million promo partner media value from last year. Wicked: For Good is the third highest opening weekend for a movie musical of all time. It's behind The Lion King from 2019 and Beauty and the Beast from 2017. It's ahead of Moana 2, which had a $139. 7 million Friday-Sunday take. It's also the third highest opening weekend at the November domestic box office. It's behind Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Wicked: For Good is the fourth biggest global Hollywood movie opening of 2025. It's behind Jurassic World Rebirth, A Minecraft Movie, and Lilo & Stitch. It's ahead of Superman and The Fantastic Four.