This weekend, the languishing box office has been changed for the better with “ Wicked: For Good ,” which powered to $226 million globally.

Those ticket sales rank as the fourth-biggest worldwide debut of 2025, behind Disney’s “Lilo & Stitch” remake ($341 million), “Jurassic World Rebirth” ($322 million) and “A Minecraft Movie” ($313 million) and ahead of “Superman” ($220 million) and “The Fantastic Four” ($218 million).

Universal’s cinematic take on the second half of “Wicked,” a revisionist look at “The Wizard of Oz,” has earned $76 million overseas and $150 million domestically. The film set a worldwide, international and North American record for biggest Broadway adaptation, smashing the benchmark held by 2024’s “Wicked” with $164.2 million worldwide, $50.2 million internationally

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