Wicked Heads for Record $120M Box Office Bow, Gladiator II Eyes $61M
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The two tentpoles are kicking off what's expected to be the biggest Thanksgiving in history at the domestic box office

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The two tentpoles are kicking off what’s expected to be the biggest Thanksgiving in history at the domestic box office, which welcomes ‘Moana 2’ on Wednesday.

  • TheRealKuni@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Went to see Wicked last night, it was fantastic. I completely understand the decision to make it into two movies, there’s a lot of story to tell in that musical. They didn’t really add very much, and song-wise only added a bit to One Short Day, but still easily filled the runtime with only Act I of the musical.

    For fans of the musical, it’s a delight. I have to imagine people who haven’t seen the musical would also like it, since the musical itself is good.

      • TheRealKuni@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 month ago

        Yeah. It makes a lot of sense having seen it. You don’t do establishing shots in a stage show. Or reaction shots. Or take time to let emotions show on a closeup. Or have long action sequences. Act I took the entire 160 minutes and didn’t feel (to me at least) like it was overstaying its welcome or milking the content or anything. It’s a good adaptation.