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Wicked has been welcomed with a warm hug at the box office in Japan. The film has finally been released in Japan, and its Oscar win has surely helped it open with winning numbers in the region. The movie hit the theatres several months after its wide release, and it probably happened for the best as it has bested Doraemon: Nobita’s Art World Tales. Keep scrolling for the deets.
The Japanese animated movie is the 44th Doraemon feature film based on the series created by Fujiko F Fujio. It celebrates the 45th anniversary of the Doraemon film series. On the other hand, the Hollywood musical fantasy came out before Thanksgiving Day and is one of the biggest hits of the last year. The film has won two Oscars and was nominated in ten categories. It won the Best Costume Design and Best Production Design.
Wicked is also the highest-grossing musical film adaptation of all time and the fifth-highest-grossing movie of 2024. It even surpassed Dune 2 to enter the top five-grosser list worldwide. Now, based on Luiz Fernando’s report, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo’s movie opened in Japan yesterday and is at #1. It collected $950K on Friday, its opening day, which is higher than the Doraemon movie Nobita’s Art World, which also opened on the same day. It has earned $545K on Friday, opening day.
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