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Billboard Magazine reports:

Wicked has been making box-office history since it opened on Nov. 22. The long-awaited film adaptation of the 2003 Broadway musical has already grossed $372.9 million worldwide, a total topped by only three other films that were based on Broadway musicals.

Seven film adaptations of Broadway musicals appear on Box Office Mojo’s list of the top 1,000 films in terms of lifetime worldwide grosses. That counts Mamma Mia!, but not its Cher-featuring sequel Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, on the grounds that the latter was really just a sequel to a hit movie, not a Broadway musical.

Grease is here, but its 1982 sequel, Grease 2, which grossed just $15 million worldwide, didn’t come close. (Michelle Pfeiffer, the star of Grease 2, is represented on this list with Hairspray.)

Read the full article. Hit the link for the ranking. Wicked is already the biggest Broadway adaptation domestically.

‘WICKED’ is now the highest grossing musical adaptation of all time at the domestic box office.

The previous record was held by ‘GREASE’ (1978) pic.twitter.com/AL9PhrgK2Q

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