"Wicked: For Good," the second act to last year's musical adaptation "Wicked," broke records with its $150 million domestic opening. Giles Keyte/Universal Pictures

There was no place like the movie theater for fans of “Wicked” this weekend.

Universal’s “Wicked: For Good” soared to No. 1 at the weekend box office, earning $150 million domestically and $226 million worldwide — far outpacing its predecessor, “Wicked,” which opened to $114 million domestically during last year’s pre-Thanksgiving weekend.

“It’s never a guarantee that a second installment will outperform an original, especially on the opening weekend,” said Paul Dergarabedian, head of marketplace trends at Comscore. “The first film, and now this movie … created a cultural phenomenon. This was not an overnight success.”

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