Box Office: Did Australia turn out for ‘Glicked’ this weekend?

Last week, the CEO of Hoyts Group told Mumbrella he was holding out hope for a Barbenheimer-sized success story to close out 2024, as two of the year’s biggest films, Wicked and Gladiator II, hit the big screen.

While Gladiator II was released a week early in Australia – therefore ruining the simultaneous release seen this past weekend in the US and other international markets – Wicked opened on Thursday and took more than half the national box office this weekend, bringing in a cool $8.9 million from Thursday to Sunday. The film surpassed $10.24 million, including Wednesday night preview screenings, with a total of 489,000 admissions.

According to HOYTS, Wicked was responsible for 56% of the total box office.