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Box Office: ‘Wicked: For Good’ Takes Flight With Huge $68.6 Million Opening Day, Soaring to Second-Biggest Debut of 2025
The musical sequel 'Wicked: For Good' enjoyed the biggest opening day of 2025 and looks headed for the second-biggest debut of the year.
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Box Office: ‘Wicked For Good’ Opens to Record-Smashing $150M in U.S., $226M Globally
The Thanksgiving tentpole — starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo — boasts the biggest debut ever for a Broadway adaptation and the third-best among any musical.
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Box Office: ‘Wicked For Good’ Opens to Record-Smashing $150M in U.S., $226M Globally
The Thanksgiving tentpole — starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo — boasts the biggest debut ever for a Broadway adaptation and the third-best among any musical.
The Witches of Oz are making magic at the box office.
Universal’s Thanksgiving tentpole Wicked: For Good opened to a record-smashing $150 million in North America and $226 million worldwide after topping Friday’s North American chart with a massive $68.7 million from 4,115 theaters (that number includes $30.8 million in previews). Audiences are more than embracing the pic, giving it an A Cinemascore and a glowing 95 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It earned rave exit numbers on Comscore; kids in particular were enthralled. Overseas, it likewise opened to a record-busting $76 million from 78 markets for a global start of $226 million.
Wicked: For Good is the second title in filmmaker Jon M. Chu‘s ambitious big-screen adaptation of the iconic Broadway musical and book about the untold story of the witches of Oz. Ariana Grande stars as Glinda the Good Witch and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West. The cast also includes Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Yeoh.
The female-fueled movie shattered numerous opening records everywheree. Domestically, it boasts the biggest start ever for a Broadway musical adaptation after besting last year’s Wicked ($112.5 million) and the third-biggest of all time among any musical behind 2019’s The Lion King and 2017’s Beauty and the Beast, no adjusted for inflation. It is also the second-biggest North American opening ever for a Universal title behind Jurassic World ($208.8 million); the second-best for the weekend before Thanksgiving behind The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ($158.1 million); and the second-best 3-day launch of 2025 to date behind A Minecraft Movie ($208.9 million). Lilo & Stitch, opening over Memorial Day, collected $147 million for the three-day weekend and $182.6 million for the four-day holiday frame.
Chu’s film likewise passed up Wicked overseas to rank as the top launch ever for a Broadway adaptation. It is also the fifth-biggest opening of all time for any musical behind The Lion King (2019), Moana 2, Frozen 2 and Beauty and the Beast. Lastly, it passed up Superman to become the fourth-biggest, three-day opening of the year to date behind Jurassic World Rebirth, Minecraft and Lilo & Stitch.
Overseas, the U.K. led with a record-busting $24.4 million, which is the best-ever November opening, the biggest start for a Broadway adaptation and the best opening of the year to date, not adjusted for inflation.
Other records: Imax ponied up $21.1 million of the bottom line, including $15.5 million domestically to rank as the biggest start ever for a November family friendly title.
Wicked: For Good is a needed jolt for the struggling North American box office in particular, which has suffered the worst fall in decades due to a glut of male-skewing pics and a lack of product for females and families. The movie’s better-than-expected performance more than proves the buying power of girls and women; nearly 70 percent of audience were females.
On the same weekend a year ago, the first Wicked likewise made history in its debut on its way to grossing nearly $750 million globally, a record showing for a Broadway musical adaptation. Such adaptations have been a tough genre for Hollywood to crack, but NBCUniversal entertainment chief and longtime movie studio head Donna Langley has remained intent on doing just that, even after Cats bombed. She’s succeeded.
Elsewhere, Searchlight opened the Brendon Fraser-led specialty dramedy Rental Family nationwided in 1,925 theaters. The critical and audience darling grossed an estimated $3.3 million to place fifth and become the latest adult drama to struggle, but Searchlight is hopeful it will have staying power over the lucrative Thanksgiving corridor. The holiday feast will became even more crowded on Wednesday when Zootopia yaps its way into cinemas.
Among holdovers, Lionsgate’s Now You See Me: Now You Don’t held in nicely its sophomore outing. The pic came in third with an estimated $9.1 million from 3,403 locations for a domestic total of $36.8 million and $146.2 million globally.
Disney and 20th Century’s Predator: Badlands rebounded to come in fourth with $6.3 million from 3,100 locations for a three-week domestic total of $76.3 million. Overseas, it added another $7.6 million for a foreign tally of $83.3 million and franchise best-cume of $159.6 million, not adjusted for inflation.
Box Office: ‘Zootopia 2’ Uncaged with Near-Record Black Friday Gross of $38.5M as It Heads Toward $158M Opening
The Disney sequel is coming in at No. 1, while 'Wicked: For Good' is looking to end its second weekend with a total domestic haul of $270.9 million.
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Thanksgiving Box Office: ‘Zootopia 2’ Feasts on $156 Million, ‘Wicked: For Good’ Adds Glittering $93 Million
"Zootopia 2" and "Wicked: For Good" are powering the Thanksgiving box office.
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Regretting You
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Domestic (% 54,5)
$48,543,405
International (% 45,5)
$40,600,000
Worldwide
$89,143,405
‘Five Nights At Freddy’s 2’ Scaring Away ‘Zootopia 2’ From No. 1 With $45M-$47M, A Record Debut For Post-Thanksgiving Weekend – Box Office
'Five Nights at Freddy's 2' is opening to No. 1 with $45M-$47M.
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I think people would love to go to theatres if they were more affordable and offered a more pleasant experience. In countries outside of North America, cinemas really make it a fun and enjoyable experience. I'm talking specifically about European countries (although costs are still high) and Latin America where cinemas are still affordable, clean, comfortable, and high quality. Other than that I only know West Africa where I never had a good experience.
Predator: Badlands Worldwide Box Office: Surpasses This Keanu Reeves-Led Matrix Film Within A Month!
Predator: Badlands lost 670 theaters in North America on Friday with several new releases. Read on for more
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Internationally, the numbers are slightly higher than the domestic total, at $89.3 million. It will edge closer to the $100 million mark this weekend. Adding the domestic and overseas collections, the worldwide cumulative gross hits $176.2 million. It will cross $180 million this weekend.
‘Zootopia 2’ Races To $916M Global Through 2nd Weekend, ‘Five Nights At Freddy’s 2’ Fires Up $109M WW Bow – International Box Office
After just two weekends, Disney’s Zootopia 2 has already reached $915.8M worldwide, becoming the 3rd biggest Hollywood movie of 2025 so far
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‘Zootopia 2’ Races To $916M Global Through 2nd Weekend, ‘Five Nights At Freddy’s 2’ Fires Up $109M WW Bow – International Box Office
UPDATED: After just two weekends, Disney’s Zootopia 2 has already reached $915.8M worldwide, including $695.3M from the international box office. The $1B threshold will be crossed within the next week.
After setting a number of records last weekend, the continued runaway performance for the Jared Bush- and Byron Howard-directed movie has also achieved new milestones with the sophomore session. With this weekend’s numbers, Zootopia 2 has become the No. 3 Hollywood release of 2025 worldwide and No. 1 internationally. In China, Z2, at $430.4M, is also now the No. 2 studio movie ever in the market, behind only Avengers: Endgame.
Japan was new this frame, opening at No. 1 with $12.3M for the 2nd best start ever for a Hollywood movie, behind only Frozen 2.
Weekend two offshore came in at $219M in 52 material markets. The overall drop was 40% (-27% excluding China), with standout holds in key markets including Vietnam (+45%), Taiwan (+13%), Brazil (-16%), Germany (-18%), France (-27%), Korea (-27%), Australia (-28%), Spain (-28%), UK (-34%), Italy (-38%), China (-45%), and Mexico (-46%).
Z2 is the highest Walt Disney Animation Studios release ever in China and Vietnam; and has surpassed the total cume of Zootopia in China, Korea, Mexico and Brazil as well as a host of other markets including Poland, Egypt, Turkey, UAE, Ukraine, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Colombia and Central America.
The Top 5 through weekend 2 are: China ($430.4M), France ($27.3M), Korea ($25.6M), Mexico ($18.6M) and Germany ($16.2M).
In Imax, the global total is $49.2M.
Z2 this weekend also pushes Disney across the $5B mark at the global box office ($5.102B) for 2025. The Walt Disney Studios is the first and only studio to hit this mark this year, and the only studio to achieve it in back-to-back years. It’s also the studio’s third time since 2018.
New player, Universal/Blumhouse-Atomic Monster’s Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, grossed $109.1M worldwide in its debut, coming in well above pre-weekend projections. The international estimate is $46.1M from 76 markets, below Five Nights at Freddy’s, above Final Destination Bloodlines and Annabelle Comes Home, and more than double Smile 2, excluding previews.
Mexico, which was the top international market for the first Freddy’s, went back to the haunted pizza parlor to deliver a No. 1 $6.9M in its launch frame. This is the 2nd biggest horror opening of the year (behind Conjuring: Last Rites) and both the 2nd biggest Universal horror opening ever and the 2nd biggest Blumhouse opening of all time (both behind FNAF the first).
The UK & Ireland grossed $4.4M, across 850 screens, in the No. 2 spot. The weekend’s result came in just above FNAF’s 3-day bow. The 3-day gross, excluding previews, also makes FNAF2 Uni’s highest-grossing Horror opening of all time, surpassing the first FNAF.
In Brazil, FNAF2 opened to $3.2M at No. 1 with the second-biggest opening day for a Horror film of the year on Thursday. An opening weekend of this level is just off Five Nights at Freddy’s, well above Final Destination Bloodlines, and more than double Annabelle Comes Home and Black Phone 2. This is further Universal’s biggest December opening ever in the market and its 2nd best for a horror title.
Spain did $2.9M at No. 2, performing above Five Nights at Freddy’s. The weekend is the 2nd best for horror this year and tops ever for Blumhouse (excluding previews).
Australia debuted at No. 2 with $2.4M, for the 2nd biggest horror opening of the year (behind Conjuring: Last Rites), 2nd biggest Blumhouse opening of all time (behind FNAF) and the 3rd biggest Universal horror opening ever (behind Us and FNAF).
Japan is still to release, on January 23.
Meanwhile, Universal’s Wicked: For Good, which crossed $400M global earlier this week, added $13.4M from 80 overseas markets this session. That takes the running offshore cume to $143.2M and worldwide to $440.1M.
The Top 5 to date for Elphaba and Glinda are: UK ($49.4M), Australia ($16.2M), Germany ($8M), Korea ($6M) and Mexico ($6M).
China opens on December 24 and Japan on March 6.
And, on another magical note, Lionsgate’s Now You See Me, Now You Don’t crossed the two-century mark this week, now at $210M worldwide. This weekend conjured $9M from 85 territories for an international cume of over $154M.
MISC UPDATED CUMES/NOTABLE
The Running Man (PAR): $2M intl weekend (56 markets); $29.2M intl cume/$65.7M global
Regretting You (PAR): $475K intl weekend (27 markets); $41.2M intl cume/$90M global
Bugonia (UNI): $973K intl weekend (64 markets); $19.8M intl cume/$37.3M global
‘Predator: Badlands’ Reigns As Highest Grossing In Franchise, Edging Out ‘Alien Vs. Predator’
20th Century Studios’ Predator: Badlands is the highest grossing ever in the 38-year old franchise at $177.5M, surpassing the reported global box office of the series’ previous champ, 2004’s Alien vs. Predator ($177.4M). Now, listen up, the reason why we’re declaring this now, is due to the...
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‘Predator: Badlands’ Reigns As Highest Grossing In Franchise, Edging Out ‘Alien Vs. Predator’
20th Century Studios’ Predator: Badlands is the highest grossing ever in the 38-year old franchise at $177.5M, surpassing the reported global box office of the series’ previous champ, 2004’s Alien vs. Predator ($177.4M).
Now, listen up, the reason why we’re declaring this now, is due to the Danny Trachtenberg directed sequel officially eclipsing AVP in its reported gross. That’s the way the average Joe is going to assess and see the film when they look it up. Realize that Disney called Predator: Badlands as the highest grossing in franchise back on Nov. 23 (Nancy did report this), and that was in a likes-for-likes foreign currency comparison to the original. Understand, that’s how global box office is assessed: Like-for-likes comparisons. On that Sunday, Predator: Badlands hit $159.6M which was ahead of AVP‘s adjusted global final of $150.3M.
The seventh Predator movie opened to $80M global ($40M domestic) during the first weekend in November, which was the best opening in the franchise. The movie’s start repped a pick-up at the fall box office after an awful October. We had reported last weekend that Badlands on a domestic basis was best in franchise at $85M besting AVP‘s $80.2M final. AVP‘s foreign reported final is $97.1M and Badlands is around $89.3M.
Top grossing foreign territories for Predator: Badlands are China ($15.1M), UK ($7M), Mexico ($5.7M), France ($5M) and Japan ($4.3M).
Trachtenberg has reinvigorated the Predator franchise, which began in 1987 with Arnold Schwarzenegger starring, and John McTiernan directing. At the time, the pic repped a high for Schwarzenegger in his career hitting $59.7M at the summer domestic box office. Trachtenberg made the Predator movie Prey for Hulu which dropped during Covid. The chorus was that the movie was so great (94% critics, 74% audience) that it should have played theaters. Hence, Badlands going theatrical. There’s also a spinoff Hulu animated series Predator: Killer of Killers. Predator: Badlands also received the franchise’s best CinemaScore ever with an A-. The unique take this time: the Predator is now the protagonist, the hunted one on a fierce planet. He is played by Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, and he gets help from a broken android played by Elle Fanning.
The only thing about Badlands, and this is because it’s sci-fi — it cost a lot at $105M before P&A. Several sources have told us that Alien vs. Predator, propped by the early millennium DVD era and a $65M production cost, is one of 20th Century Fox’s most profitable movies ever.
Golden Globe 2026 nominations: Full list of nominees announced ahead of January awards ceremony
The nominations for the 2026 Golden Globes were revealed on Monday, and Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" leads the pack with nine.
Sundance to Premiere New Films From Andrew Stanton, Gregg Araki, Olivia Wilde, Kogonada, Cathy Yan, and Macon Blair — World of Reel
The Sundance Film Festival announcement is only two days away, but I can confirm a handful of titles that will likely show up at this final edition in Park City. A few of these were in our “ missing ” list from earlier in the fall.
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