However, thebox office figures ofWickedandGladiator IIhave already proven a “winner” of sorts.
It wasa box office battle to rival Barbenheimer, and the result is quite surprising.
It’s been a huge cinematic event, which isn’t something that can quite be said aboutGladiator II.
Additionally, Gladiator II is cursed by its R rating, which prevented many younger audiences from watching it.
Additionally,Gladiator IIis cursed by its R rating, which prevented many younger audiences from watching it.
However, that’s not to say thatWickeddoesn’t have competition coming.
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Gladiator 2 is the follow-up to Ridley Scott’s award-winning film Gladiator from 2000.
Wicked adapts the Broadway musical into a two-part film, following the unlikely friendship between Elphaba, born with green skin, and Glinda, a popular aristocrat, in the Land of Oz. As they navigate their contrasting paths, they evolve into Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
Gladiator 2 is the follow-up to Ridley Scott’s award-winning film Gladiator from 2000. Scott returns to direct the sequel, with Paul Mescal staring as Lucius, alongside Denzel Washington and Joseph Quinn as the villain Emperor Geta. Gladiator 2 had been stuck in development hell for years before a script written by David Scarpa finally moved forward.
