During the course of a record Thanksgiving weekend, Universal’s Wicked: Part One has become the highest grossing movie ever at the domestic box office based on a Broadway musical. Through yesterday,

The highly anticipated Wicked movie directed by Jon M. Chu has taken the box office by storm, setting an historic record for Broadway musical adaptations. Based on the 2003 Broadway… The post Wicked Flies Past Grease to Become the Top Broadway Musical at the Box Office appeared first on Where Is The Buzz | Breaking News,

Wicked, directed by Jon M. Chu and Starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, continues to shatter box office records.

Wicked: Part One has set a new record at the US box office. Directed by Jon M. Chu and starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, it became the highest-grossing film based on a Broadway musical. By its second weekend,

When I saw Wicked on Broadway in New York City eight or so years ago, I only bought the ticket because it was one of the few major shows offering tickets through TKTS, the "last-minute Broadway Tickets" broker.

“Wicked” collected an additional $50.2 million at the international box office, bringing its global tally to $164.2 million. It marks the biggest worldwide opening for a film based on a Broadway show, supplanting another Universal musical, “Les Miserables,” with $103 million in 2012.

The Highest Grossing Movie Ever Based on a Broadway Musical at the Domestic Box Office with $214M and counting as of Nov. 30. Biggest Global and Domestic Opening for a Movie Based on a Broadway Show, beating the worldwide opening of 2012’s Les Miserables ($103M) and the domestic opening of Disney’s 2014 Into the Woods ($31M).