The Guardian - 4 hours 55 min ago
Combined $270m of worldwide ticket sales for Ridley Scott and Jon Chu movies leads to one of 2024's busiest weekends With a combined $270m in worldwide ticket sales, Wicked and Gladiator II breathed fresh life into a box office that has struggled lately, leading to one of the busiest moviegoing weekends of the year. Jon M Chu's lavish big-budget musical Wicked, starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, debuted with $114m domestically and $164.2m globally for Universal Pictures, according...
Forbes - 6 hours 12 min ago
Wicked' retells the story of The Wizard of Oz' through the perspective of the Wicked Witch (Cynthia Erivo) and Glinda (Ariana Grande).
Variety - 8 hours 36 min ago
Eighty-five years after the release of "The Wizard of Oz," director Jon M. Chu brings back this magical world to the big screen in "Wicked,” the film adaptation of the Broadway classic starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. The musical movie, which grossed $114 million its in debut weekend at the domestic box office, has […]...
Newser - 9 hours 53 min ago
With a combined $270 million in worldwide ticket sales, Wicked and Gladiator II breathed fresh life into a box office that has struggled lately, leading to one of the busiest moviegoing weekends of the year. Jon M. Chu's lavish big-budget musical Wicked , starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, debuted with...
TV Shows Ace - 14 hours 43 min ago
Actresses Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are both starring in the film adaptation of Wicked and have been promoting the project... The post ‘Wicked’ Cynthia Erivo Gives Shocking Response During Interview appeared first on TV Shows Ace .
The Guardian - 17 hours 8 min ago
The high-couture styles of the film version of the hit show reflect a trend of designer daring on the stage Musicals used to be associated with glee club kids more likely to be wearing jazz shoes than anything cutting edge from the catwalks. But with the film version of Wicked which was released this weekend and was expected to take more than $100m ( 80m) at the US box office alone promoted by global pop star Ariana Grande and actor Cynthia Erivo wearing Vivienne Westwood, Schiaparelli and Louis...
NME - 18 hours 6 min ago
"Every day in the Emerald City is a Pride parade, right?" The post Ariana Grande suggests that ‘Wicked’ character Glinda may be “a little in the closet” appeared first on NME .
The Independent - 18 hours 6 min ago
Director made complaint about film's volume at cinema screenings as theatres remind fans that singing along during screenings is prohibited...
Slate - 18 hours 23 min ago
Empires in decline. Demagogues on the rise. Welcome to this weekend's two escapist blockbusters!...
The Guardian - 21 hours 8 min ago
The stars enchant as young rival witches in Jon M Chu's impossibly slick first instalment of his two-part adaptation of musical juggernaut Wicked There's some kind of magic afoot. If, like me, you're one of the very few people who hasn't already seen the blockbuster stage musical Wicked (it's the second-highest-grossing Broadway show of all time, so that's an awful lot of bums on seats), you may approach this shiny, high-energy, relentlessly marketed movie adaptation with...