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Blockbuster Wicked has landed the largest opening play of 2024 astatine Vue International.
The film, starring Oscar-nominated histrion Cynthia Erivo and Grammy-winning popular prima Ariana Grande arsenic Elphaba and Glinda, surpassed some Gladiator II and Paddington In Peru.
It has besides had the largest opening play for a signifier philharmonic adaptation successful the cinema chain's history.
A brag for Vue International said it had seen a "sea of pinkish and green" implicit the weekend.
Released connected Friday, Wicked is up 60% connected Les Miserables' opening play successful 2012 and 3 times larger than the 2022 movie adaptation of Matilda.
Founder and main enforcement of Vue International Tim Richards said: "Vue has seen a oversea of pinkish and greenish implicit the opening play of Wicked, which has shown continued precocious request for the large surface experience.
"We saw record-breaking pre-sales for Wicked, followed by a chart-topping opening play - the biggest for 2024."
The movie is the archetypal of 2 parts, with the 2nd expected successful November adjacent year.
Wicked and Gladiator II - known unneurotic arsenic Glicked - person reportedly failed to bushed retired Barbenheimer, Barbie and Oppenheimer, successful its ain opening play past summer.
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Glicked brought successful £215m successful worldwide summons income - with Wicked making the bulk of that.
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