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My gut instinct is telling me this is going to be a Spectacular Bomb when it comes out


https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/wicked-star-ariana-grande-finds-ai-troublesome-after-fan-edited-posters-cause-controversy

And it all begins with Drama of course. In 2024, is there anyone who won't be offended by something?? Anything??

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Box office tracking is saying otherwise.

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They also said that about The MARVELS too and look how well that did?? Moviegoers are done with all of this Woke nonsense and Disney will pay for it too

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I hope so.

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I'm not sure. The musical and the soundtrack is very popular. And there are loads of people who know nothing about the internet scandal. There is little out there that is entire family friendly. I can see this doing well. As far as mega-hit, probably not.

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I agree. Smells like "Cats". It will open strong because of the fan base, but I think it will ultimately tank.

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It doesn't help that they picked an ugly diva who's way too old for the part. The least they could have done if they'd picked a black chick to play the role, was to get a prettier, younger one that didn't have an ego the size of Oz.

I mean, it's kinda iffy that they'd have two women in their 30s playing characters that should have been in their early 20s while attending magical college. Ariana Grande looks like she's permanently 15, so it's not quite so bad for her. But the aging shows with the bitch playing Elphaba. You wanta know what's the biggest cosmic joke ever? She's one year older than Margaret Mitchell was when she played the same role in the 1939 Wizard of Oz story! Lol!

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Margaret Mitchell wrote "Gone with the Wind".

The wicked witch in the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz" was portrayed by Margaret Hamilton.

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I hate musicals.

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Early word is that its pretty good and the box office tracking is as well. we shall see

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I hope moviegoers realize this is Part 1 because they don't advertise it this way?? 🤔

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actually, I told my mom this, after telling her its nearly 3 hours long, and she couldn't believe it.

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BUMP.. I'm sticking with my gut feeling that this movie ends up disappointing at the box office and I heard Gladiator 2 is a piece of shit too

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I think it Wicked will suck big time (judging by the trailers) but I also think it will be a fairly big hit at the box office.

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Some of the review for Gladiator 2 was bad, US box office predication is disaster level: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIWcIwMh5ZI

So it might be worse than I thought.

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