Universal Pictures’ “Wicked” needed no lessons in how to be popular at the domestic box office this weekend, opening at No. 1 ...

The pair of films did huge business as Thanksgiving gets underway in the United States. Globally, the movies have earned $164.2 million and $221 million, respectively.

Wicked won’t land as the largest opening weekend for any musical ever – Disney very much owns that podium with Frozen II, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Aladdin and The Little Mermaid. Mermaid ...