Gladiator II, the late-era sequel to Ridley Scott’s 2000 Best Picture winner, cleaned up at the North American box office this weekend and continued its reign overseas, where it rolled out last weekend.

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande’s "Wicked" dominates Paul Mescal and Denzel Washington’s “Gladiator II” this weekend at the domestic box office.

Battling a 27 percent decline in domestic ticket sales compared with before the pandemic, studios left no marketing drum unthumped in releasing the movies.

Gladiator II' will hit theaters 24 years after the first film came out (2000) and won five Oscars the following year.

In a recent discussion, acclaimed director Ridley Scott revealed that Russell Crowe was extremely enthusiastic about reprising his role of General Maximus in Gladiator 2. The actor, who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2001 for his role in Gladiator,