Early tracking for Wicked suggests that the movie will live up to its iconic song “Defying Gravity” at the box office and become one of the biggest opening weekends of 2024. After the disastrous opening for Joker: Folie Deux, theaters are hoping for a little magic and that mid-budget films like Saturday Night, potential awards players like Anora, and holdovers like The Wild Robot help maintain the October box office until the release of Venom: The Last Dance. While the first two weeks of November will be low on new releases due to the 2024 election, it will soon pick up with some big titles, and Universal Pictures Wicked now seems to be the movie to watch following its tickets going on sale on October 9, 2024.
The first-day ticket sales on Fandango suggest that Wicked could become one of the biggest movies of 2024 and could enter the November record books. Read More