Battling a 27 percent decline in domestic ticket sales compared with before the pandemic, studios left no marketing drum unthumped in releasing the movies.

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande’s "Wicked" dominates Paul Mescal and Denzel Washington’s “Gladiator II” this weekend at the domestic box office.

With a combined $270 million in worldwide ticket sales, "Wicked” and “Gladiator II” breathed fresh life into a box office that has struggled lately.