EXCLUSIVE: From New York City to Kansas and onward to the City of Angels, mobs are going to the movies tonight as Universal’s long-awaited Wicked Part One and Paramount’s Gladiator II square off for what is expected to be one of the year’s richest weekends. To date, the biggest weekend for all titles YTD was
Gladiator II
UPDATED: Storming 63 international box office markets in its opening frame, and before domestic enters the arena this coming week, Paramount and Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II has debuted to an estimated $87M. This is within our pre-release projection, and also marks the biggest overseas start for a Ridley Scott-directed film, as well as Paramount’s best
When it comes to the box office battle between Universal’s Wicked, in which Jeff Goldblum plays the Wizard, and Paramount’s Gladiator II, it will not be a survival of the fittest. Deadline’s Natalie Sitek asked him at Saturday night’s Wicked LA premiere about the Glicked effect that’s expected to take place at the box office
Twenty-four years after Best Picture Oscar winner Gladiator reinvented the swords and sandals genre, its sequel, Gladiator II, is finally entering the arena. Paramount began overseas rollout Wednesday on the continuation of Ridley Scott’s Roman Empire action saga. Through Friday, 63 international box office markets will be open — the full offshore footprint, save for
Everyone will begin returning to the movies just before Thanksgiving on November 22 as Universal’s Wicked and Paramount’s Gladiator II just hit tracking with respective openings of $80M+ and $65M. Both have potential for upside, and we won’t know if we’re within a Barbenheimer vortex until it happens — though that would not be a
EXCLUSIVE: A lotta people around the world watched the official trailer for Paramount‘s Gladiator II in its first 24 hours after dropping Tuesday. So much so that it outstripped the debut trailer traffic of the studio’s own Top Gun: Maverick. You’ll remember Top Gun: Maverick posted a three-day U.S. box office opening of $126.7 million.