Wicked: For Good Tops Little Mermaid in U.S., Nears Half-Blood Prince as Worldwide Gross Hits $447 Million
Powered by a U.S.-heavy run, the film is delivering roughly three times its reported $150 million cost.
Overview
- Wicked: For Good has reached about $302 million domestically, pushing past The Little Mermaid’s $298 million U.S. total and climbing the all-time domestic chart.
- Wicked: For Good now totals roughly $447 million worldwide, including about $145 million from international markets.
- On the domestic all-time list, the sequel has overtaken Twilight’s New Moon and Eclipse and sits just behind Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince at $302.3 million.
- Both Wicked films are estimated to have $150 million production budgets; the original’s gross equates to about 5.1 times its cost versus roughly 3 times for the sequel, with a combined franchise haul near $1.2 billion.
- The sequel launched with a $69 million Friday and a $147 million three-day opening, then saw a steep third-weekend drop of about 72% yet maintained a 24-day streak above $1 million in daily U.S. grosses.