Universal Pictures’ film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, Wicked finished in first place with $112.5 million in ticket sales per Comscore.
Gladiator II, Paramount Global’s sequel to the 2000 best picture winner, grossed $55 million, to finish second.
The simultaneous release of two big-budget Hollywood films has remind movies goers of last year’s “Barbenheimer” weekend. While the hashtag #Glicked was trending on social media, it hasn’t been as powerful of a double feature trend as last year’s pair.
