Universal’s musical shatters the Broadway adaptation record as “Gladiator II” opens to a solid $60 million Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in "Wicked" (Photo: Universal Pictures) Universal’s “Wicked” is kicking off what is expected to be a lucrative holiday season for theaters with $27.7 million grossed on Friday from 3,888 theaters, putting it on course for an estimated $117 million opening weekend and nearly quadrupling the $31 million opening earned 10 years ago by “Into the Woods” to set a