(Reuters) -“Wicked,” the primary of two motion pictures based mostly on a beloved Broadway musical, soared into theaters with an estimated $114 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket gross sales, distributor Common Photos stated on Sunday.
“Wicked” stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo within the story of how a misunderstood, green-skinned scholar of magic turns into the Depraved Witch of the West.
Primarily based on a Broadway prequel to “The Wizard of Oz”, the film pulled in $114 million at U.S. and Canadian theaters, plus $50.2 million in worldwide markets, for an estimated international complete of $164.2 million.
Common stated “Wicked” had the most important opening weekend for a movie based mostly on a Broadway musical, forward of the worldwide debut of “Les Miserables”.
