Wicked fans 'rejoicify' as the musical sets a new box office record in tandem with Sonic Hedgehog 3

Wicked and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 broke a couple of box office records over the weekend. 

Sonic remained in the top spot its second week in theaters, pulling in a solid $38 million domestically and a franchise record setting $74 million internationally as the animated/live action adventure opened in theaters around the world. 

Wicked: Part One dropped into fourth place with a bounty of $19.45 million.  That number helped the film surpass the record set by 2008's Mamma Mia! as the highest-grossing Broadway adaptation in global box office history.

So far, the musical has conjured up $424.2 million domestically and a total of $634.3 globally. 

The feel good Mamma Mia! starring Meryl Streep and Amanda Seyfried earned $144.3 million domestically and more than $611.4 million globally. 

Wicked star Ariana Grande shared a post from the social media account Wicked Update which celebrated the news writing, 'Rejoicify! Wicked has surpassed Mamma Mia! to become the highest grossing musical adaption of all time globally!'

It's unknown how many of the tickets sold were for the singalong version of the film, which began on Christmas day and were scheduled to run through January 2.

However, Box Office Mojo reported the movie enjoyed a 37.8-percent increase in ticket sales over last week. 

 Mufasa: The Lion King, which overcame poor reviews to stay in second place.

The computer animated story enjoyed a $37.1 million pay day.

The scary Nosferatu starring Lily-Rose Depp and Nicholas Hoult debuted in third place. 

The vampire fantasy pic received an 86-percent rating from the critics at Rotten Tomatoes, but audience reviews were not quite as warm,  totaling an average of 75-percent.

The fright flick, which opened on Christmas day scared up $21.15 million in ticket sales. 

Moana 2 rounded out the top five, sailing away  with $18.2 million dollars. Just like Wicked: Part One, Moana 2 enjoyed a big jump in ticket sales over the holiday weekend. 

Timothée Chalamet and his Golden Globe nominated portrayal of Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown debuted in sixth place. 

Fans paid more than $11.6million to see the biopic which opened in more than 28-hundred theaters over the weekend, but the five day total for the new entry which opened Christmas day was $23.17 million.

The movie received a 96-percent audience average on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics scores totaling a more tepid 78-percent. 

Babygirl, the very adult movie starring Oscar winner Nicole Kidman entered the box office contest in seventh place with nearly $4.4 million.

The erotic thriller opened in 2,115 theaters, but received a poor response from movie goers who gave it a 53-percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes as compared to the critics much warmer 77-percent score.

Gladiator II dropped to eighth place. 

The film, which opened the same weekend as Wicked, did not enjoy an uptake in ticket sales over the weekend, but saw it's audience drop by nearly nine-percent. 

The action adventure set in ancient Rome is now showing in less than two thousand theaters, and survived the competition with $4.15 million in the coffers. 

Homestead, the latest entry from the faith-based Angel Studios fell to ninth place. The drama, which follows a former green-beret who finds community in a prepper group in a divided US collected $3.19 million.

Debuting at number 10 was The Fire Inside. The fact-based sports drama starring Ryan Destiny as boxer Claressa 'T-Rex' Shields has been a success with critics and audiences alike.

The boxing drama opened in 2006 theaters on December 25 and earned $2,031,295 over the three day weekend with total ticket sales adding up to 4.33 million for the five day total.