Officials from area businesses last weekend took advantage of the highly successful opening of “Wicked,” the movie version of the Broadway show that serves as a prequel for the 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz” and L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.”
The movie brought in an estimated $114 million between Friday and Sunday, according to Exhibitor Relations. Officials at the Oz Museum in Wamego and AMC Manhattan Theaters said Friday, the film’s debut, was a busy night for them.
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A new collector’s edition of Gregory Maguire’s “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West” was available for purchase at the gift shop of the Oz Museum in Wamego. The novel was first published in 1995. Since then, “Wicked” has been adapted into a musical and a two-part film series. Staff photo by Lewis Marien.
Memorabilia from the Broadway production of “Wicked” including Shiz University assignment papers, a copy of the soundtrack on CD and Wizomania tickets fills a display case at the Oz Museum in Wamego. Staff photo by Lewis Marien.
Memorabilia from the Broadway production of “Wicked” including a signed playbill fills a display case at the Oz Museum in Wamego. Staff photo by Lewis Marien.
