For Good’ Sung Up a Lot of Money on Opening Weekend

Hide your surprise, Wicked: For Good took the top box-office spot this weekend as audiences flew to see it.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the movie musical made $226 million worldwide, with $150 million of that coming from North America. That domestic start is the biggest ever for a Broadway musical adaptation and the third-biggest musical ever behind Disney’s Lion King and Beauty & the Beast remakes. Its $76 million international take similarly broke records for a…