But song-and-dance films may be enjoying — as Glinda sings — a newfound popularity with “Wicked,” Universal’s adaptation of Act One of the beloved Broadway show. The film collected $114 million in North America and

Broadway musicals adapted to the screen are an erratic genre at the box office despite Miramax’s multi-Oscar winning Chicago reviving the long-dormant Hollywood genre back in 2002 with $306.8M WW. Yet for every Les Miserables ($442.

Wicked has already set a massive box office record, scoring the biggest global opening weekend ever for a movie based on a Broadway show.