2023 graced us with a lot of musicals from ***The Little Mermaid*** to ***The Color Purple***.
Especially during the last two months of the year, we got several of them in a row including ***Journey to Bethlehem***, ***Trolls Band Together***, ***Wish***, ***Waitress***, ***Wonka*** and the aforementioned *Color Purple*. Even ***The Hunger Games*** contained lots of music and singing to be considered a quasi-musical itself.
Some of them were blockbusters *(Wonka)*, some modest hits *(Mermaid)* while others were bombs *(Wish)*.
2024 has already us given us a musical in ***Mean Girls*** which by all accounts and purposes is already a success, considering it was originally set to be a *Paramount+* exclusive, having grossed over a **$100M** on its $36M budget.
And during the fall season of 2024, we will get another three in the space of weeks with two of them going head-to-head on the same day.
***Joker: Folie à Deux*** is of course the sequel to a billion dollar R-rated superhero drama which brings a twist in the tale by also being a musical.
***Wicked*** is the film adaptation of a very popular Broadway stage musical which is based on a book which in turn is based upon the lore of another book from the early 1900’s and on top of that is only a *Part One*.
***Moana 2*** is an animated musical to its predecessor *Moana* which grossed $687M back in 2016 and has been one of the most popular films on streaming ever since. Things are not as straightforward as the sequel was originally designed to be a streaming series before being repurposed into a feature sequel.
So which among the trio, do u place your bets on being the highest grossing musical of the year 2024?
