Overview
- The debut ranks third for domestic musical openings, behind The Lion King (2019) and Beauty and the Beast (2017), according to Universal and Comscore.
- Friday brought in about $68.6 million from 4,115 theaters, including heavy preview turnout, per Box Office Mojo tallies.
- Exit polls show an A CinemaScore and roughly a 95% Rotten Tomatoes audience rating, signaling strong word of mouth.
- Universal lists the opening as its second-largest ever domestically, behind Jurassic World, as the film helped end a nine-week North American box-office slump under $100 million in weekly sales.
- Directed by Jon M. Chu and starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, the sequel also set an overseas record for a Broadway adaptation with $76 million internationally.