Universal Pictures’ “Wicked” and Paramount Pictures’ “Gladiator II” are expected to post gravity-defying numbers at the domestic box office this weekend. I know musicals haven’t had the best track record at the box office, but ‘Wicked’ is the blockbuster musical of this generation.” Theaters have been longing for a four-quadrant, double-feature moviegoing event since last year’s same-day release of Warner …
Walt Disney Co., whose latest superhero film “The Marvels” concluded last weekend as the lowest-grossing film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is closing out a year that has served as a rude awakening for the once-unshakeable Marvel brand. Those figures pale in comparison to the studio’s 2022 releases like “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”, “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” …
