{"id":2172686,"date":"2025-11-22T21:12:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T21:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2172686"},"modified":"2025-11-22T21:12:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T21:12:03","slug":"wicked-for-good-casts-another-spell-on-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wicked-for-good-casts-another-spell-on-box-office\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Wicked: For Good&#8217; casts another spell on box office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F11%2F116034399.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It did \u2018Wicked\u2019 good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWicked: For Good,\u201d flew its broomstick into first place on its box office debut on Friday, earning $68.68 million, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thenumbers.com\/daily-box-office-chart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to The Numbers<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The sequel to last year\u2019s \u201cWicked\u201d was \u201can emotional and elongated version of the Broadway musical\u2019s second act,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/18\/entertainment\/wicked-for-good-review-cynthia-erivo-and-ariana-grande-bring-on-the-tears-in-musical-finale\/\">The Post said<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been such an incredible ride and an incredible experience to create with people we love so much and respect so much creatively, but also who just have such great hearts,\u201d Ariana Grande, who plays Glinda,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1424761\/ariana-grande-cynthia-erivo-interview-on-wicked-for-good\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told E! News<\/a> at the film\u2019s NYC premiere at Lincoln Center on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The musical fantasy is slated to enjoy a $151.5 million dollar weekend opening, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/11\/box-office-wicked-for-good-1236625569\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as per Deadline<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba in \u201cWicked: For Good,\u201d which was in the No. 1 spot in the box office on its first day in theaters. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Universal\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>In second place was \u201cNow You See Me: Now You Don\u2019t\u201d on its second Friday in theaters, moving down a notch from last weekend, with sales of $2.4 million. <\/p>\n<p>The heist flick, which reportedly cost <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/now-you-see-me-3-global-box-office-demon-slayer-one-battle-after-another-1236583164\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$90 million<\/a> to produce, is expected to earn a three-day total of $9.45 million this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPredator: Badlands,\u201d remained in third, with a $1.7 million take on its third Friday in theaters, and is estimated to reel in $6.2 million in total this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>In fourth was \u201cThe Running Man,\u201d\u00a0down two spots from last week, with $1.665 million in revenue.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jesse Eisenberg and Justice Smith reprise their roles in the heist flick \u201cNow You See Me: Now You Don\u2019t,\u201d the third installment in the \u201cNow You See Me\u201d franchise. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Lions Gate\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cRental Family,\u201d the comedy-drama starring Brendan Fraser, landed in fifth on its first day in theaters Friday, with sales of $1.2 million. <\/p>\n<p>Set in Tokyo, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/20\/entertainment\/rental-family-review-brendan-frasers-fantastic-comeback-continues\/\">The Post called<\/a> the film \u201ca heartwarming jewel of a movie that is a dazzling showcase of Japan\u2019s urban and natural beauty,\u201d and Fraser \u201cas terrific as you\u2019d hope him to be\u201d in his role as an American actor-turned-father-for-hire working for a \u201crental family\u201d agency.<\/p>\n<p>To prep for the part, Fraser\u00a0took Japanese lessons, its director Hikari said in a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hGh-XqKjqUA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">behind-the-scenes video posted by Searchlight Pictures<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was like, \u2018I\u2019m in.\u2019 So he took classes three or four times a week,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Elle Fanning plays two different characters in \u201cPredator: Badlands.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Walt Disney Co.\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the clip, Fraser\u2019s co-star, Mari Yamamoto, spoke on what it was like to work with the Academy Award winner.<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?sa=X&amp;sca_esv=3c659fc7041cb947&amp;rlz=1C1GCCA_en&amp;biw=1280&amp;bih=551&amp;q=Brendan+Fraser&amp;si=AMgyJEuYX5Hw7261KZxKc6opSy4gGCSaxdaXLLIFnBaSW8xByUbmA8Qu4tjXu-gciUPBoHqalGx5vaC_rM9Tb6Xs2c021RsKsvDnVkfjNnRQKD54p2hoH_A%3D&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiPxeXAx4aRAxWjg4kEHf6BCS4QyNoBKAB6BAgXEAA&amp;ictx=1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s exactly what you hope he\u2019d be,\u201d she gushed.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cKind and generous to everybody. Acting with him is like really knowing somebody is going to catch you when you fall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was looking for that perfect actor to play the role,\u201d Hikari added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always been a big fan of Brendan. I mean, who isn\u2019t?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It did \u2018Wicked\u2019 good. \u201cWicked: For Good,\u201d flew its broomstick into first place on its box office debut on Friday, earning $68.68 million, according to The Numbers.\u00a0 The sequel to last year\u2019s \u201cWicked\u201d was \u201can emotional and elongated version of the Broadway musical\u2019s second act,\u201d The Post said. \u201cIt\u2019s been such an incredible ride and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2172687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25174],"tags":[24076,34204,342228,21741,21912,357874],"class_list":["post-2172686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gossip","tag-ariana-grande","tag-box-office","tag-brendan-fraser","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-wicked"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Wicked-For-Good-casts-another-spell-on-box-office.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2172686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2172686"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2172686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2172688,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2172686\/revisions\/2172688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2172687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2172686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2172686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2172686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}