"Wicked: For Good" proved to be very, very good for the box office. The follow-up to last year's smash hit musical "Wicked" from director Jon M. Chu didn't disappoint, even against lofty expectations, posting one of the biggest opening weekends of 2025. It's going to help end an uneven year at the movies on a high note.

Universal's "Wicked: For Good" opened to a massive $150 million domestically to go with $76 million internationally for a $226 million global start. Domestically, that's above the first weekend take for Disney's "Lilo & Stitch" ($146 million) and just a little below that for "A Minecraft Movie" ($163 million) . Globally, it ranks as the fifth-biggest debut of 2025 overall. For some additional context, "Wicked: For Good" is already one of the top 20 highest-grossing mov

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