Broadway musicals tailored to the display are an erratic style on the field workplace regardless of Miramax’s multi-Oscar successful Chicago reviving the long-dormant Hollywood style again in 2002 with $306.8M WW. But for each Les Miserables ($442.7M) hit from Common, there have been large misfires like Expensive Evan Hansen and Cats. This weekend, Common defied the percentages with their function take of the $5 billion-grossing Broadway stage present, Depraved, opening to $114M home, $164.2M worldwide.
Right here’s all of the data that Depraved broke in its opening weekend:
Greatest International and Home Opening for a Film Based mostly on a Broadway Present, beating the worldwide opening of 2012’s Les Miserables ($103M) and the home opening of Disney’s 2014 Into the Woods ($31M).
Greatest International and Home Opening for Ariana Grande ever, Depraved being her first function tentpole debut. And subsequently arguably….
Greatest Home Opening for a Pop Star, with Depraved besting the primary movies offered across the likeness of such performing artists as Woman Gaga (A Star Is Born at $42.5M), Harry Types (Don’t Fear Darling at $19.3M), Britney Spears (Crossroads at $14.5M), Taylor Swift (Cats at $6.6M), Madonna (Desperately In search of Susan at $1.5M), and the complete home gross of Michael Jackson’s The Wiz ($21M unadjusted for inflation).
Greatest International and Home Opening Ever for Cynthia Erivo, besting the $12M stateside begin of 2018’s Widows.
Greatest International and Home Opening Ever for filmmaker Jon M. Chu, mowing down the $40.5M home begin of his 2013 Dwyane Johnson, Bruce Willis, Channing Tatum sequel, G.I. Joe: Retaliation and the $132M worldwide begin of that Hasbro/Paramount film.
Greatest Home Opening for Producer Marc Platt, besting 2023’s The Little Mermaid‘s $95.5M, nevertheless, it’s…
2nd Greatest International Opening for Producer Marc Platt, behind the 2019 live-action take of Disney’s Aladdin at $213M.
Greatest International Opening for a non-sequel movie for 2024 besting China’s Yolo which opened to $112M over Chinese language New 12 months in addition to MPAA title, It Ends With Us, which posted an $80M world first body.
Greatest Opening Ever for a Musical Characteristic by Stephen Schwartz, besting Enchanted‘s home opening of $34.4M.
Greatest Home Previews for a Film Based mostly on Broadway Musical at $19.2M.
Greatest First Day for a Film Based mostly on a Broadway Musical at $46.4M, besting the primary day/preview haul of Les Miserables ($18.1M) and The Shade Purple ($18.1M).
2nd largest home opening for a musical function in November, behind 2019’s Frozen II‘s $130.2M.
fifth largest home opening for a musical function ever, behind 2019’s The Lion King ($191.7M), 2017’s Magnificence and the Beast ($174.7M), 2023’s Barbie ($162M — it did have folks singing and loads of showstopping numbers!) and 2019’s Frozen ($130.2M).
sixth largest opening on the International Field Workplace for a Musical Characteristic behind 2019’s The Lion King ($446M), 2017’s Magnificence and the Beast ($358M), Frozen 2 ($358M), Barbie ($356.3M) and 2019’s Aladdin ($213M).
tenth largest home opening for November, in a listing that’s topped by Black Panther: Wakanda Eternally ($181.3M).
third Greatest Opening Weekend at Home Field Workplace for 2024 on the time of this put up, behind Deadpool & Wolverine ($211.4M) and Inside Out 2 ($154.2M) and forward of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice ($111M).
