I was a Maybe Happy Ending fan before you announced that you were working with the show, and I have to say a big Thank You! for the work you've done spreading the word about this wonderful production!
@3:49 I respectfully disagree since Disney animated musicals were a hit in 90s though I understand some people may not consider them as musical theater. I was a toddler in the 80s and back then I recall watching The Sound of Music movie on VHS repeat with my family. We also loved going to the movie theaters every year to see the new Disney musical animation film that started with Little Mermaid, Beauty & Beast, Aladdin, Lion King, Pocahontas, etc. Later in middle school in the 90s I recall hanging out with close friends (met in music class) and learned how we all loved musical movies like The Sound of Music, Fiddler on the Roof, Hello Dolly, Little Shop of Horrors, Oliver!, etc. mainly because our parents loved those movies and chose to expose us to them. @6:20 My friends visiting NYC also wanted to see Wicked on Broadway mainly so they will know the ending! That movie was smart to only show part 1 so people curious on the ending would just watch the musical on Broadway.
I know thoughts of people who saw the Broadway show, then the movie. I’m interested in hearing thoughts of the people seeing the Broadway show for the first time after being introduced to Wicked via the movie.
Take the Lead, Bring it On, Step Up, Stomp, Save the Last Dance, Fame were magical and helped guys go into theater. Even male athletes loved those movies, & classic musicals. especially rodgers & hammerstein, anything goes, music man.
I’d love to hear a little bit more on this with the current figures. Especially since now it has passed Mamma Mia as the highest grossing movie musical of all time. Also, I am curious how Moana is really stacking up. It seems to me that they were doing particularly well Internationally whereas wicked was doing really well within the US.
Interesting takeaways. RE: the movie's impact on the show, I think the real test of that will be 3-4 years from now. I would have expected Broadway to see a bump from the movie whether it was good or bad, but especially because it's SO good and because what's available right now is kind of incomplete (new audiences don't get to see how it ends), the demand for the stage show is particularly crazy, and I expect that will continue through part 2's release. I will be very interested to see what grosses and % capacities look like a year after part 2 vs pre-movie numbers to see if people in the future are just watching the movie at home instead of traveling to the theatre. Totally separate point RE: Disney and Broadway and the pop culture renaissance of musicals in the 2010s, Howard Ho pointed out in a recent video of his how that same generation that were teenagers rabid for HSM and glee in the 2010s also grew up with 90s Disney movies and their inherently musical-theatre style scores and composers. Had never thought of it that way but it tracks!
The question I really want answered is how many times did you see in theatres? Have you bought the digital release? It seems like everyone I know has seen it the movie at least 2 or 3 times (and up to 10+ times). And most people have also bought it too. I would love to see box office sales for the movie now and how the home release sales go too as it now wraps up its theatre engagement and enters award season.
I've noticed a lot of discourse about the movies length. Fans of the stage musical love it whereas strict moviegoers seem to quibble at it despite a lot of these people also being fans of The Lord of the Rings movies and ironically unaware of the equal run time. There seems to be this idea musicals should be the length of a Disney animated movie if they are filmed. I think that untrue opinion will shift in terms of popular culture considering how revered something like the sound of music film adaptation is among theater fans and older Generations, if the quality is there people won't mind sitting for longer periods of time
As someone who thought the movie was long, but also LOVED the cut scenes…. All of this could be solved with one bathroom break perhaps? I mean, i had to PEE
I love wicked, the movie has reignited my love of it. Musical movies can definitely work. I loved the matilda musical and the film version was great, obviously it was on Netflix so very different situation to wicked. My friends and I were recently discussing if two other musicals we love , & Juliet and Six would get the film treatment, but wondered if they would work
But movie studios only keep a percentage of what comes in and that percentage generally shrinks the longer the movie runs. The box office grosses need to be way more than 500 million for them to even break even on this
What do you hope broadway takes away from Wicket (content ideas, etc). Do you think the success of social media trends from this movie will prove to producers that broadway needs social media marketing?
Wait, what? You said they had a 350 million marketing budget then listed off Starbucks, LEGO, etc. as if those were costs. Don't those partnerships make them money?
In The Heights > Wicked Movie. Cynthia & Ariana wil be on another year promotional tour.. If Wicked doesn't win a ton of awards the movie will be a bust now.
In The Heights should have been released after Wicked in the theaters. Jon Chu copied the choreography and direction of Wicked with using In The Heights. Jon Chu is a terrible director. Mamma Mia > Wicked Movie. Wicked Broadway > Wicked Movie . Wicked Broadway ticket prices have tripled. 1990's and early 2000's nest era for musicals.I hate the What is this Feeling movie dance, it stinks and choregraphy is annoying. I hate the What is this Feeling movie dance, it stinks and choregraphy is annoying. Pitch Perfect series was outstanding
8 of the top 10 highest grossing movie musicals of all time are Disney films. Wicked's movie success is unfortunately an anomaly. The last non-Disney movie musical to generate this much buzz was Chicago. And that was 22 yrs ago. lol So although it would be nice for producers to start investing in making more movie musicals, it won't happen.
It was insane in London. They paid local authorities to have parks renamed. Greenwich park became Green Witch park and had Wicked flags etc everywhere. It was a bit too much in the end, and I think a lot of people resented how saturated the coverage was.
I was a Maybe Happy Ending fan before you announced that you were working with the show, and I have to say a big Thank You! for the work you've done spreading the word about this wonderful production!
Agreed! Saw MHE a few weeks back and just loved it
I really hope the success of the wicked movie brings about chances for original fantasy musicals!
@3:49 I respectfully disagree since Disney animated musicals were a hit in 90s though I understand some people may not consider them as musical theater. I was a toddler in the 80s and back then I recall watching The Sound of Music movie on VHS repeat with my family. We also loved going to the movie theaters every year to see the new Disney musical animation film that started with Little Mermaid, Beauty & Beast, Aladdin, Lion King, Pocahontas, etc. Later in middle school in the 90s I recall hanging out with close friends (met in music class) and learned how we all loved musical movies like The Sound of Music, Fiddler on the Roof, Hello Dolly, Little Shop of Horrors, Oliver!, etc. mainly because our parents loved those movies and chose to expose us to them. @6:20 My friends visiting NYC also wanted to see Wicked on Broadway mainly so they will know the ending! That movie was smart to only show part 1 so people curious on the ending would just watch the musical on Broadway.
I know thoughts of people who saw the Broadway show, then the movie. I’m interested in hearing thoughts of the people seeing the Broadway show for the first time after being introduced to Wicked via the movie.
when i tell you, leaving my house in the months of september to december last year was just like stepping into oz with all that promo. i LOVED it
Take the Lead, Bring it On, Step Up, Stomp, Save the Last Dance, Fame were magical and helped guys go into theater. Even male athletes loved those movies, & classic musicals. especially rodgers & hammerstein, anything goes, music man.
I’d love to hear a little bit more on this with the current figures. Especially since now it has passed Mamma Mia as the highest grossing movie musical of all time. Also, I am curious how Moana is really stacking up. It seems to me that they were doing particularly well Internationally whereas wicked was doing really well within the US.
Interesting takeaways. RE: the movie's impact on the show, I think the real test of that will be 3-4 years from now. I would have expected Broadway to see a bump from the movie whether it was good or bad, but especially because it's SO good and because what's available right now is kind of incomplete (new audiences don't get to see how it ends), the demand for the stage show is particularly crazy, and I expect that will continue through part 2's release. I will be very interested to see what grosses and % capacities look like a year after part 2 vs pre-movie numbers to see if people in the future are just watching the movie at home instead of traveling to the theatre.
Totally separate point RE: Disney and Broadway and the pop culture renaissance of musicals in the 2010s, Howard Ho pointed out in a recent video of his how that same generation that were teenagers rabid for HSM and glee in the 2010s also grew up with 90s Disney movies and their inherently musical-theatre style scores and composers. Had never thought of it that way but it tracks!
Darren Criss and LMM talk about their childhood love of Disney movies almost any chance they get. And they are less than a decade apart in age.
The question I really want answered is how many times did you see in theatres? Have you bought the digital release? It seems like everyone I know has seen it the movie at least 2 or 3 times (and up to 10+ times). And most people have also bought it too. I would love to see box office sales for the movie now and how the home release sales go too as it now wraps up its theatre engagement and enters award season.
Appreciate your thoughts and insight! 💯
I've noticed a lot of discourse about the movies length. Fans of the stage musical love it whereas strict moviegoers seem to quibble at it despite a lot of these people also being fans of The Lord of the Rings movies and ironically unaware of the equal run time. There seems to be this idea musicals should be the length of a Disney animated movie if they are filmed. I think that untrue opinion will shift in terms of popular culture considering how revered something like the sound of music film adaptation is among theater fans and older Generations, if the quality is there people won't mind sitting for longer periods of time
As someone who thought the movie was long, but also LOVED the cut scenes…. All of this could be solved with one bathroom break perhaps? I mean, i had to PEE
I love wicked, the movie has reignited my love of it. Musical movies can definitely work. I loved the matilda musical and the film version was great, obviously it was on Netflix so very different situation to wicked. My friends and I were recently discussing if two other musicals we love , & Juliet and Six would get the film treatment, but wondered if they would work
But movie studios only keep a percentage of what comes in and that percentage generally shrinks the longer the movie runs. The box office grosses need to be way more than 500 million for them to even break even on this
What do you hope broadway takes away from Wicket (content ideas, etc). Do you think the success of social media trends from this movie will prove to producers that broadway needs social media marketing?
Oh Boy.. Maybe, just maybe - RETURN TO OZ movie Will be made into a Broadway Musical. 😮😱🙂🤔😎✌️
I remember I had that movie on VHS. I used to watch all the time lol
Wait, what? You said they had a 350 million marketing budget then listed off Starbucks, LEGO, etc. as if those were costs. Don't those partnerships make them money?
In The Heights > Wicked Movie. Cynthia & Ariana wil be on another year promotional tour.. If Wicked doesn't win a ton of awards the movie will be a bust now.
Happy New Year🎉 Other than the marketing what did Wicked do that West Side Story did not...
And got snubbed at the Golden Globs. :(
In The Heights should have been released after Wicked in the theaters. Jon Chu copied the choreography and direction of Wicked with using In The Heights. Jon Chu is a terrible director.
Mamma Mia > Wicked Movie. Wicked Broadway > Wicked Movie . Wicked Broadway ticket prices have tripled. 1990's and early 2000's nest era for musicals.I hate the What is this Feeling movie dance, it stinks and choregraphy is annoying. I hate the What is this Feeling movie dance, it stinks and choregraphy is annoying. Pitch Perfect series was outstanding
8 of the top 10 highest grossing movie musicals of all time are Disney films. Wicked's movie success is unfortunately an anomaly. The last non-Disney movie musical to generate this much buzz was Chicago. And that was 22 yrs ago. lol So although it would be nice for producers to start investing in making more movie musicals, it won't happen.
It was insane in London. They paid local authorities to have parks renamed. Greenwich park became Green Witch park and had Wicked flags etc everywhere. It was a bit too much in the end, and I think a lot of people resented how saturated the coverage was.
Wow $350 million marketing budget is a marketing team's dream!!!!!