Despite Variety’s misleading headline, "Glicked" didn't reach the opening weekend box-office heights of "Barbenheimer"

“Barbie” and Oppenheimer” grossed $244,477,474 on their first weekend of release. “Wicked” and “Gladiator II” grossed $169,500,000. Not even close.

Sources:  Box Office Mojo, Variety

Take a deep breath, Rebecca!

Those dazzling ticket sales rank as the third-biggest domestic debut of the year behind “Deadpool & Wolverine” ($211 million) and “Inside Out 2” ($154 million). Among other benchmarks, “Wicked” landed the fourth-biggest start in history for a musical, ahead of Disney’s recent “The Little Mermaid” remake ($95.5 million) and behind “Frozen II” ($130 million), as well as the best opening (by far) for a Broadway adaptation, overtaking the record held by 2014’s “Into the Woods” ($31 million).

 This is NOT “reeord-setting”.