how much did wicked make

“Wicked” has made huge money both as a Broadway musical and as a movie, so the answer depends on which one you mean.

Quick Scoop

• The Wicked movie musical (2024, with Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande) finished its theatrical run with about $734.7 million worldwide box office (around $473.2 million domestic + $261.5 million international).

• The original Wicked Broadway production passed $1 billion in total Broadway revenue back in 2016, and has continued to add hundreds of millions since then.

• By late 2024, the Broadway run even became the first show ever to gross over $5 million in a single week , topping $5,037,392 in ticket sales during Christmas week.

Movie vs. Stage: Money Snapshot

• Movie “Wicked” (2024)
  • Global box office: about $734.7M.

* Production budget: about **$145M** , with an estimated additional **$150M** on prints and advertising.

* It became the **highest‑grossing film adaptation of a Broadway musical** , surpassing _Mamma Mia!_ ’s $611.5M record.

• Broadway “Wicked” (stage musical)
  • Hit $1B in Broadway revenue by 2016, only the third show ever at the time (after The Phantom of the Opera and The Lion King).

* Continues to rank among the top‑grossing shows week after week; in the last week of 2024 it broke the record with **over $5M in one week**.

So, in rough terms:

• The movie has made about three‑quarters of a billion dollars in theaters.
• The Broadway musical has made well over a billion dollars across its long run and is still earning.

Bottom line: if your question is “how much did Wicked make,” the safest short answer is that the movie made around $735M worldwide , while the stage musical has exceeded $1B on Broadway alone and keeps climbing.

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