So we are all really weirded out by Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo making their rounds promoting WICKED FOR GOOD..but hey, maybe weird worked!
The box office has been thankful for the oddity..
Universal Pictures‘ musical sequel “For Good” swept up a spectacular $68.6 million across Friday and preview screenings from 4,115 locations in North America. That puts it on pace for a $151.5 million opening weekend through Sunday.
It’d be the biggest release ever for a Broadway adaptation and the second-biggest ever for a Universal release, only behind “Jurassic World.”
It’s also well ahead of the $112 million haul that the first “Wicked” debuted to in the same pre-Thanksgiving frame last year. If the Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande film hits its current projections, it’ll rank among the biggest domestic openings of the year, currently led by “A Minecraft Movie” ($162 million) and the “Lilo & Stitch” remake ($146 million).
So … how about that!
