By Sunday, the running total of the Jon M. Chu-directed movie was $263.1M.
The film, based on theBroadwaymusical thats been playing since 2003, starsCynthia ErivoandAriana Grande.
According to Billboard, the last time a stage-to-screen musical soundtrack debuted in the top five was whenChicagohit No.
Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Glinda in ‘Wicked’.Universal
4 on the February 1, 2003, peaking at No.
2 a week later.
Should be very interesting to see what kind of holiday BroadwaysWickedhad.