{"id":235186,"date":"2025-10-31T03:27:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T03:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/235186\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T03:27:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T03:27:06","slug":"wicked-for-good-opening-weekend-box-office-predictions-are-huge-comic-book-movies-and-superhero-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/235186\/","title":{"rendered":"Wicked: For Good Opening Weekend Box Office Predictions Are Huge &#8211; Comic Book Movies and Superhero Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The opening weekend box office predictions for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/wicked-for-good\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wicked: For Good<\/a> are looking very good.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/universal-pictures\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Universal Pictures<\/a>\u2019 Wicked: For Good arrives in United States theaters next month. A sequel to 2024\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/wicked\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wicked<\/a> and an adaptation of the second act of the popular Broadway musical by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman, the film is directed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/jon-m-chu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jon M. Chu<\/a> and sees <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/ariana-grande\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ariana Grande<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/cynthia-erivo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cynthia Erivo<\/a> reprise their respective roles as Glinda Upland and Elphaba Thropp.<\/p>\n<p>How much is Wicked: For Good predicted to make at the box office during its opening weekend?<\/p>\n<p>Per <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/10\/wicked-for-good-box-office-projection-1236603037\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Deadline<\/a>, Wicked: For Good is currently tracking to make north of $100 million \u2014 around the $112-115 million range \u2014 during its opening weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The first Wicked movie made around the same amount, $112.5 million in the United States and Canada, during its opening weekend; however, it also faced some tough competition, as it was released on the same day as Gladiator 2, and Moana 2 then followed a few days later.<\/p>\n<p>While Wicked: For Good will have to face Zootopia 2 when that arrives on November 26, it won\u2019t have too much competition during its opening weekend, as the only other movies going nationwide are Sisu: Road to Revenge and Rental Family. This means that those box office projections could wind up increasing as the release date gets closer and closer.<\/p>\n<p>If Wicked: For Good does hit the $115 million mark, that would make it the fifth highest-grossing opening weekend of 2025 behind A Minecraft Movie ($162.6 million), Lilo $ Stitch ($146 million), Superman ($125 million), and The Fantastic Four: First Steps ($117.6 million). Having said that, Jurassic World Rebirth opened on a Wednesday and made $147.8 million over the five-day weekend ($92 million over the three-day weekend).<\/p>\n<p>Wicked: For Good arrives in United States theaters on November 21, 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The opening weekend box office predictions for Wicked: For Good are looking very good. 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