Like a magic spell from Glinda the Witch herself, the box office is finally bound for a rebound after an awful autumn with the arrival of Universal’s Wicked: For Good .

The second half of the feature take of the Broadway musical from Winnie Holzman and music/lyricist Stephen Schwartz is coming in hot, already Fandango’s biggest PG-rated advance ticket seller stateside, and the best pre-seller year to date.

Sources tell us that global is around $200M + with plenty of room for upside with over $70 million coming from 78 offshore markets and anywhere from $125M-$150M+ at 4,000 U.S./Canada theaters. The first Wicked with a $112.5M domestic/ $164M worldwide opening broke records as the best start ever for a movie based on a Broadway musical, and Wicked: For Good will break tha

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