Sources tell us that Universal’s Wicked: For Good Thursday night is coming in around $20M-$22M , and when you fold in Amazon sneaks and Wednesday premium fan shows, that figure is substantially higher.
Again, these are industry estimates as we always say, take them with a grain of salt until Universal officially reports in the AM. Previews on Thursday began at 2PM.
Best previews for the year so far goes to Disney/Marvel Studios’ Fantastic Four: First Steps which did $24.4M. That was completely made from Thursday shows that began at 2 PM.
Wicked ‘s total previews a year ago were $19.2M. Broken out that was $11M from 2PM Thursday showtimes, $2.5M from Monday previews and $5.7M from Wednesday fan showtimes. Those previews repped 42% of Wicked ‘s first day Friday of $46.2M whic

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