Wicked,” a Universal Pictures release, brought in an estimated $164.2 million worldwide in its first weekend, according to data from industry tracker Comscore, registering the biggest opening for a movie based on a Broadway adaptation.

Over a year since the Barbenheimer phenomenon took place, now its time for Wicked and Gladiator II to take its place.

Wicked” and “Gladiator II” both drew less in Thursday previews than their “Barbenheimer” counterparts, but are still expected to help the fall box office.

The "Barbenheimer" phenomenon was impossible to manufacture. But, more than a year later, that hasn't stopped people from trying to make the collision in cinemas of Hollywood blockbusters Gladiator II and Wicked into "Glicked", another movie mash-up moment.

Not all box office clashes are bad, and the battle between Wicked, Gladiator 2 is the latest example of it. Here's the collection report!

The ‘Wicked’ and ‘Gladiator 2’ double-bill may not have lived up to 2023’s Barbenheimer hype, but it still managed to breathe life back into a struggling box office

Wicked and Gladiator 2 — aka Glicked, according to entertainment industry hopefuls desperate for a repeat of last year’s Barbenheimer box office behemoth — have each enjoyed huge launches. According to Variety,