I was on the shitter the other day and reading whatever my phone's algo shows me in the news and one of them was from yahoo (written by Out): Here's every box office record broken by 'Wicked's opening weekend
I said okay, I'll bite, show me the "records" it broke
Fourth biggest opening weekend of all time for a musical film (domestic).
Fifth biggest opening weekend of all time for a musical film (worldwide).
Third biggest opening weekend for a film released in 2024 (domestic).
Biggest opening weekend for a non-sequel movie released in 2024 (worldwide).
10th biggest opening weekend of all time for a film released in November (domestic).
Biggest first day of all time for a film based on a Broadway musical.
Biggest opening weekend for a film based on a Broadway show (domestic & worldwide).
Biggest opening weekend for a film starring Cynthia Erivo (Note: 2018's Widows ($12 million) and 2019's Harriet ($11 million) LOLZ!)
Biggest opening weekend for a film starring a pop star (domestic).
Biggest opening weekend of all time for a movie directed by Jon M. Chu (domestic & worldwide).
It’s like gerrymandering. And their version of “fact checking”. They just conjure ever-more bizarre criteria until they can safely crown themselves triumphant in a meaningless competition that only exists in their own minds.
And they're all subject to inflation fiscally and of scope.
I'd love a ranking of these things by Return On Investment. Biggest opening weekend by R.O.I. I think goes to Joker, but in subsections it would still be interesting to see, since many Broadway Musical movies use B-listers, and thus are much cheaper to make.
I was on the shitter the other day and reading whatever my phone's algo shows me in the news and one of them was from yahoo (written by Out): Here's every box office record broken by 'Wicked's opening weekend
I said okay, I'll bite, show me the "records" it broke
Fourth biggest opening weekend of all time for a musical film (domestic).
Fifth biggest opening weekend of all time for a musical film (worldwide).
Third biggest opening weekend for a film released in 2024 (domestic).
Biggest opening weekend for a non-sequel movie released in 2024 (worldwide).
10th biggest opening weekend of all time for a film released in November (domestic).
Biggest first day of all time for a film based on a Broadway musical.
Biggest opening weekend for a film based on a Broadway show (domestic & worldwide).
Biggest opening weekend for a film starring Cynthia Erivo (Note: 2018's Widows ($12 million) and 2019's Harriet ($11 million) LOLZ!)
Biggest opening weekend for a film starring a pop star (domestic).
Biggest opening weekend of all time for a movie directed by Jon M. Chu (domestic & worldwide).
Oh, you made it through this list of records? Here's my go to reaction for shit like this
It’s like gerrymandering. And their version of “fact checking”. They just conjure ever-more bizarre criteria until they can safely crown themselves triumphant in a meaningless competition that only exists in their own minds.
And they're all subject to inflation fiscally and of scope.
I'd love a ranking of these things by Return On Investment. Biggest opening weekend by R.O.I. I think goes to Joker, but in subsections it would still be interesting to see, since many Broadway Musical movies use B-listers, and thus are much cheaper to make.
I think opening weekend ROI goes that belongs to Split by M. Night Shyamaldingdong
Budget 9 million opening weekend of 40 million. Compared to Joker's 55 million budget and 100 million opening.
Maybe some old sub mil film from the 70s or 80s had a better weekend but I'm too lazy to check, I just remember Split being an outlier.
Ironically, that certainly subverts my expectations, a Shamalan movie doing well!
What a tweest!