{"id":7191,"date":"2025-01-10T10:06:16","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T10:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=7191"},"modified":"2025-01-10T10:06:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T10:06:16","slug":"wicked-approaches-700-million-worldwide-film-also-crushing-surprising-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=7191","title":{"rendered":"As Wicked approaches $700 million worldwide, the film has also been crushing it in a surprising way."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"wicked-just-broke-a-big-record-for-on-demand-movie-releases-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7192\" src=\"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ya7YGqat7aEnGhACuBUvuH-650-80.jpg-300x169.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ya7YGqat7aEnGhACuBUvuH-650-80.jpg-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ya7YGqat7aEnGhACuBUvuH-650-80.jpg.webp 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Wicked Just Broke A Big Record For On-Demand Movie Releases<\/h2>\n<p>Universal decided to release\u00a0<em>Wicked\u00a0<\/em>on PVOD on New Year\u2019s Eve, less than two months following\u00a0<u>its incredible theatrical opening with\u00a0<\/u><u><em>Gladiator II<\/em><\/u>\u00a0\u2013 endearingly known as\u00a0<em>Wickediator<\/em>. In the week since movie fans could buy the movie for $30 or rent for $20 on digital platforms, the movie has had the biggest first day\u00a0<em>and<\/em>\u00a0first week for a PVOD release.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest hawk-processed\" data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" data-widget-id=\"7e44b7a7-ea04-4d0a-81dc-72298b110f58\" data-result=\"missing\">\n<div class=\"hawk-master-widget-hawk-base-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>According to\u00a0<u>The Hollywood Reporter<\/u>, the musical made $26 million on New Year\u2019s Eve alone (meaning that somewhere around $10 million households ended their year with the movie) before soaring to more than $70 million in sales in the U.S. and Canada. After\u00a0<em>Wicked<\/em>\u00a0already became the highest-grossing movie based on a Broadway musical, the movie just earned another impressive record.<\/p>\n<p>Per the outlet, the film that\u00a0<em>Wicked<\/em>\u00a0beat out was 2023\u2019s\u00a0<em>The\u00a0Super Mario Bros. Movie<\/em>\u00a0by making twice as much in the same time period in PVOD sales. While movies classically used to wait 90 days before becoming available to check out from the comfort of your couch,\u00a0<em>Wicked\u00a0<\/em>was made available due to a previous deal Universal Pictures made with theaters back in 2020 for PVOD to allow for their movies to go home sooner. Universal usually waits 35 days, but\u00a0<em>Wicked<\/em>\u00a0itself went to PVOD 39 days after its theatrical release date to coincide with NYE and its special Rose Parade float, which you can check out below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"instagram-embed\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DEWB3u4yKUj\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=6&amp;wp=600&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cinemablend.com&amp;rp=%2Fmovies%2Fwicked-nears-700-million-worldwide-movie-has-crushing-surprising-way-vod#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A19010.59999999404%7D\" height=\"1062\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Millions of people tune into the Rose Parade on New Year\u2019s Day every year, and certainly the incredible float helped spread the word along with the movie itself getting so much good buzz.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"pvod-didn-t-slow-down-wicked-in-theaters-much-3\">PVOD Didn\u2019t Slow Down Wicked In Theaters Much<\/h2>\n<p>Even though\u00a0<em>Wicked<\/em>\u00a0can now be rented or purchased at home, it hasn\u2019t stopped people from getting out of their houses to catch the movie. In the first weekend of the new year,\u00a0<em>Wicked\u00a0<\/em><u>made an additional $10 million at the box office<\/u>\u00a0and remained in the top five of releases (with\u00a0<em>Mufasa<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Sonic the Hedgehog\u00a03, Nosferatu<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Moana\u00a02<\/em>\u00a0over it). Across its time in cinemas,\u00a0<em>Wicked<\/em>\u00a0has made $683 million worldwide, which made it the #6 top grossing 2024 movie along with being #3 at the 2024 domestic box office, under\u00a0<em>Inside Out\u00a02<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Deadpool\u00a0&amp; Wolverine<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing could bring down\u00a0<em>Wicked<\/em>! The movie\u2019s performance helped the movie business earn an impressive $30 billion this year, per\u00a0<u>Variety<\/u>. You can rent or own\u00a0<em>Wicked<\/em>\u00a0on\u00a0<u>Amazon<\/u>\u00a0now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wicked Just Broke A Big Record For On-Demand Movie Releases Universal decided to release\u00a0Wicked\u00a0on PVOD on New Year\u2019s Eve, less than two months following\u00a0its incredible theatrical opening with\u00a0Gladiator II\u00a0\u2013 endearingly known as\u00a0Wickediator. In the week since movie fans could buy the movie for $30 or rent for $20 on digital platforms, the movie has had 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