Wicked,” a Universal Pictures release, brought in an estimated $164.2 million worldwide in its first weekend, according to data from industry tracker Comscore, registering the biggest opening for a movie based on a Broadway adaptation.

Over a year since the Barbenheimer phenomenon took place, now its time for Wicked and Gladiator II to take its place.

Wicked” and “Gladiator II” both open Friday, and some fans hope to rekindle the excitement that greeted last year’s simultaneous openings of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer.”

Wicked” and “Gladiator II” both drew less in Thursday previews than their “Barbenheimer” counterparts, but are still expected to help the fall box office.

Wicked and Gladiator 2 — aka Glicked, according to entertainment industry hopefuls desperate for a repeat of last year’s Barbenheimer box office behemoth — have each enjoyed huge launches.

The ‘Wicked’ and ‘Gladiator 2’ double-bill may not have lived up to 2023’s Barbenheimer hype, but it still managed to breathe life back into a struggling box office

Moviegoers soared from Oz to the Colosseum over the weekend as millions around the world flocked to see “Wicked” and “Gladiator II” in theaters.

The fabled “Glicked” weekend has finally arrived—or “Wickediator” or “Gladiacked,” depending on who you ask. Last year, “Barbenheimer” effectively merged two blockbusters, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer,