“Wicked” stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo received the same salary

“Reports of pay disparity between Cynthia and Ariana are completely false and based on internet material. The women received equal pay for their work Evil.”

That’s the exclamation from a Universal Pictures spokesperson, pouring cold water on the rumors that were fueled by a Reddit post saying this was the case Evil Stars Arina Grande and Cynthia Erivo had a big pay gap.

These false reports claimed that pop superstar Grande collected $15 million for her work on the Jon M. Chu blockbuster, which grossed $180 million worldwide, while Erivo received $1 million.

Deadline checked with another source connected to the film and found that the duo were paid the same salary.

Grande has long expressed her interest on social media in playing Glinda, the “good” witch Evil.

The duo told Deadline’s Dessi Gomez how they bonded during production. The couple first met for a five-hour conversation at Erivo’s house before testing their vocals together with director Jon M. Chu.

“We both made the decision and discussed it to be really good to each other, to make space for each other, to be honest with each other and to choose to build our friendship,” Erivo told Gomez.

EvilAfter coming in at $112.5 million, slightly below its weekend domestic forecast of $130 million, the company saw fantastic sales of $15.8 million on Monday, a record for the month of November. The picture’s $162.5 million three-day worldwide and domestic weekend are the best ever for a film based on a Broadway musical. Of these, 70% are women Evil Starting tonight there will be competition from Disney’s Moana 2 That’s a running time of 100 minutes compared to the Jon M. Chu directed film which clocks in at 2 hours and 40 minutes. Evil The company is expected to generate five-day sales of approximately $90 million over the Thanksgiving holiday. Moana 2 It is expected to set a 5-day Thanksgiving record with $125 million to $135 million, surpassing the turkey holiday haul Frozen 2 which grossed $125 million.