Wicked and Gladiator II will be released in theaters on November 22.
With Disney’s Moana sequel and Wicked likely to attract a similar demographic, the latter will now face off against Ridley Scott’s epic Gladiator II, starring Paul Mescal.
The film starring Ariana Grande as Glinda the Good Witch was set to go head-to-head against Moana 2 on Wednesday, November 27, the day before Thanksgiving, but will now release on Friday, November 22.
The clash is already drawing comparisons to last year’s “Barbenheimer” event when Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer arrived on the same day.