Once in a while, the box office needs a jump start, and it got one over the weekend with the combined appeal of “Wicked” and “Gladiator II,” two movies aimed at vastly different audiences.

Global Box Office for a Musical Feature behind 2019’s The Lion King ($446M) , 2017’s Beauty and the Beast ($358M), Frozen 2 ($358M), Barbie ($356.3M) and 2019’s Aladdin ($213M). 10th biggest domestic opening for November,

But even with its $114 million haul from 3,888 domestic screens ahead of a big Thanksgiving weekend, no musical has faced as stiff competition as the film that "Wicked" will be sharing theaters with starting this Wednesday: Disney's "Moana 2.