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

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

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

As most have by now picked up, two disparate, big-budget films are sharing a release date: One, an R-rated historical epic stacked with a starry cast of Oscar hopefuls. The other, a musical based on a beloved property with plenty of

Hollywood’s two holiday movie blockbusters, Wicked and Gladiator II, brought in nearly $170 million in domestic box office sales for their opening weekends, according to estimates from Comscore. Wicked,

Gladiator II, the long-in-the-works sequel to Ridley Scott’s 2000 blockbuster and Best Picture winner, is the story of a crumbling empire brought low by the decadence of its rulers and its failure to live up to its own ideals.