Wicked: For Good Rockets Up Global Box Office Chart, Shattering Original Movie's Record

Wicked: For Good Rockets Up Global Box Office Chart, Shattering Original Movie's Record Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba glaring while flying over the yellow brick road in Wicked For Good© Universal Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection By  Brennan Klein Published 39 minutes ago Brennan Klein (he/him) is a senior news writer at Screen Rant, host of the Attack of the Queerwolf podcast, and contributor at Alternate Ending and Horror Press. He has been writing and podcasting about pop culture (especially horror movies) for over a decade at platforms including Blumhouse, Fangoria, Dread Central, The Backlot, and Arrow in the Head. Sign in to your ScreenRant account Summary Generate a summary of this story follow Follow followed Followed Like Like Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap

Wicked: For Good has shattered numerous records with its huge global debut. The follow-up to 2024's Wicked adapts the second act of the original Broadway musical depicting the origin story of the Wicked Witch of the West. The Wicked: For Good release kicked off on November 21, almost exactly a year after the November 22 debut of the previous record-breaking installment.

Per Variety, as of Sunday morning, Wicked: For Good is projected to earn a global opening weekend of $226 million, comprising $150 million in the domestic marketplace and an additional $76 million from 78 international markets.

This simultaneously gives it the biggest opening weekend ever for an adaptation of a Broadway musical globally, domestically, and internationally. It surpasses the previous records set by the original Wicked, which had a $114 million domestic debut and a $50.2 million international debut for a global debut of $164.2 million.

This $226 million total means that Wicked: For Good has taken just three days to become the 19th highest-grossing movie of 2025 so far. It has already outgrossed a wide variety of major releases, including One Battle After Another ($201.2 million), Freakier Friday ($153.2 million), 28 Years Later ($151.3 million), and Black Phone 2 ($129.5 million).

It remains to be seen how high 2025's Wicked: For Good can climb by the end of its run. However, it is well on its way toward becoming a major smash hit. For instance, it has already earned back its reported $150 million budget and is well on its way toward passing its estimated break-even point, which is likely around $375 million.

Because theaters keep half of ticket sales and production budgets don't account for advertising costs, big-budget studio movies tend to need to earn back two and a half times their budgets.

Wicked: For Good reviews have been more subdued than the 2024 movie's, earning it a Rotten Tomatoes score of 70% compared to the original's Certified Fresh 88%. However, this may not prove to be a stumbling block for the new movie if it maintains its strong word of mouth. It just earned an A CinemaScore, matching Wicked's own A, indicating that audiences have the same level of appreciation for both movies.

If it maintains its current trajectory ahead of the original movie, Wicked: For Good could eventually climb to a worldwide total of $1.044 billion by the end of its run. This would make it the second highest-grossing movie of 2025 so far (behind Ne Zha II) and the seventh highest-grossing musical of all time.

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