The record-smashing musical has been a huge win for Donna Langley and NBCUniversal's film empire, which have proven that a movie can still be a big draw in theaters even if it goes to home entertainment early.

The highest grossing Broadway musical movie, Wicked, minted a great first seven days on PVOD with $70M, Universal reports. This is after the Jon M. Chu directed, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande movie landed in homes on Dec.

The remarkable box office success of "Wicked" has spilled over into its first week of release on premium on-demand (PVOD), as Universal announced on Thursday that Jon M. Chu's musical has earned a studio record $70 million from its first week on home platforms.

Ariana Grande is no stranger to the law of attraction, as she points out in her song "Just Like Magic" and as seen in a 2011 tweet in which she predicted she'd portray Glinda in Wicked one day. Before Grande was honored at the National Board of Review Annual Awards Gala on Tuesday night (Jan.

Ariana’s recent looks have left people convinced that she is not-so-subtly campaigning to play the Hollywood icon.

Ariana Grande has found great success with Wicked this past year, which had a huge opening weekend. The singer-actress has done plenty of press for the Broadway-turned-movie musical, but speculation about her playing Audrey Hepburn has become a popular topic.