'Wicked' Leaves Box Office Singing With $114 Million Opening

Universal's "Wicked" has rejuvenated the box office after weeks of declining grosses, earning the third-highest opening weekend of 2024 with $114 million from 3,888 theaters. That sits behind only "Deadpool & Wolverine" ($211.4 million) and "Inside Out 2" ($154.2 million) on this year's opening weekend list, and shatters the $31 million record set in 2014 by "Into the Woods" for the highest opening by a Broadway adaptation. As expected, the...