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Audiencesheld space for the lyricsof Defying Gravity this weekend, coming out to seeWickedin record numbers.

Wicked UK premiere - London

The filmed topped the box office onGlickedweekend, making $114 million domestically and $164.2 million internationally.

According toVariety,women were the majority of ticket holders, with nearly 75 percent identifying so.

PoorGladiator IIonly had the fellas to support it, coming in at No.

2 with $55.5 million domestically.

Will no one think of the fellas?

Box-office analysts arent sure yet ifWickedandGladiator IIsaw a fullBarbenheimereffect people going to both movies in the same night.

However,Wickedis already breaking records for movies based on Broadway shows.

That film eventually earned $442 million globally, so well see ifWickedstays as popular.

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