Universal’s Wicked has overtaken the studio’s own Mamma Mia! to become the biggest stage musical adaptation of all time worldwide. The global cume through Sunday is an estimated $634.4M, of which $424.2M is from domestic and $210.2M from the international box office.
Overseas, the current weekend brought in another $13.7M from 81 markets. The Jon M Chu-directed Wicked is also the top stage musical adaptation ever in 46 of those. It had earlier become the biggest Broadway adaptation of all time domestically.
The current offshore performance is ahead of Mamma Mia 2, Maleficent, The Little Mermaid and The Greatest Showman (excluding China) at the same point in release.
Because of the festive period, holds varied as some markets close cinemas on Christmas Eve and/or Day. Across all of international the Cynthia Erivo/Ariana Grande-starrer was up 1% with particular strength (+7%) in the Europe Middle East Africa region.
The UK & Ireland increased 2% versus last weekend, and with $67M is running in line with Wonka at the same point. During the week, Wicked surpassed the lifetime of The Greatest Showman, and topped Despicable Me 4 to become the third highest-grossing title of the year in the market.
Australia saw 29% uptick during the sixth weekend and has overtaken the lifetimes of Aladdin and the last two Jurassic World movies. It is the fifth biggest title of the year in the market, surpassing Dune: Part Two. The Netherlands also had a big jump over the holiday with 32% uplift in weekend four.
The Top 5 overseas markets to date are the UK ($67M), Australia ($24.8M), Korea ($14.2M), Germany ($11.8M) and Mexico ($9.9M).
Wicked releases in Japan on March 7.