Between them, the two very different Thanksgiving tentpoles are capturing almost every adult demo, reminiscent of Barbenheimer.

Wicked” and “Gladiator II” both drew less in Thursday previews than their “Barbenheimer” counterparts, but are still expected to help the fall box office.

Glicked weekend is currently looking like a $120M opening for Universal’s Wicked after a $48.5M Friday plus previews, while Gladiator II is shaping up to a $23.5M Friday/previews turning into a $61M opening weekend.

Barbenheimer 2.0 is in full swing! Call it whatever you want — Glicked, Wickiator or Barbenheimer 2.0. The domestic box office is springing back to life in historic fashion thanks to the combo of Universal's musical 'Wicked' and Paramount's 'Gladiator II.

Wicked” is pocketing lots of green, with the Universal release coming in on the upper side of projections to head toward the third-biggest domestic opening of the year. Now forecasting a $117 million sum for the weekend,

When it comes to the box office battle between Universal’s Wicked, in which Jeff Goldblum plays the Wizard, and Paramount’s Gladiator II, it will not be a survival of the fittest. Deadline’s Natalie Sitek asked him at Saturday night’s Wicked LA premiere about the Glicked effect that’s expected to take place at the box office

By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -"Wicked," the first installment in a two-part movie adaptation of a beloved Broadway musical, generated $19.2 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales from early screenings this week,