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This article is about the 2025 film. For the song from the 2003 Wicked musical, see For Good.
"Wicked 2" redirects here. For the second installment in The Wicked Years, see Son of a Witch.

Wicked: For Good (also known as Wicked: Part Two[c]) is a 2025 American musical fantasy film directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox. The sequel to Wicked (2024), it adapts the second act of the 2003 stage musical by Stephen Schwartz and Holzman, which was loosely based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel, a reimagining of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 film adaptation.

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Ariana Grande,[b] Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Michelle Yeoh, and Jeff Goldblum return from the first film. Set in the Land of Oz before and during the events of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the film explores the relationship between Elphaba and Glinda as they embrace their new identities as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good.

Universal Pictures and Marc Platt, who both produced the stage musical, announced the film adaptation in 2012. After a long development and multiple delays, partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Chu was hired as the director with Erivo and Grande cast in 2021. The adaptation was split into two parts to avoid omitting plot points and further develop the characters. Principal photography on both films began in December 2022 in England, was interrupted in July 2023 by the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, and resumed and concluded in January 2024.

Wicked: For Good premiered at the Suhai Music Hall in São Paulo on November 4, 2025, and was released in the United States on November 21. It received weaker reviews than Wicked and grossed $327 million worldwide on a $150 million budget.

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Plot

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Some time after defying the Wonderful Wizard of Oz,[d] Elphaba Thropp, having been branded by Madame Morrible's propaganda as the Wicked Witch of the West, continues battling for Animal rights from a forest hideout. Glinda Upland, now the Wizard's spokesperson, is engaged to Fiyero Tigelaar, now Captain of the Gale Force. As Oz celebrates the grand opening of the Yellow Brick Road, Fiyero reveals he is attempting to locate Elphaba, though Glinda insists she does not want to be found.

Elphaba encounters some Animals, including her former caretaker Dulcibear, leaving Oz and encourages them to fight against the Wizard. The Cowardly Lion dissuades them, exposing her as the reason for the Wizard's flying monkey spies. Elphaba visits her sister Nessarose, who has inherited their father's governorship of Munchkinland.

To prevent Boq Woodsman—her unrequited lover—from abandoning her, Nessa prohibits the Munchkins from leaving Munchkinland without her approval. Elphaba enchants Nessa's shoes, giving her flight abilities. Boq, having learned of Glinda and Fiyero's wedding, tries to leave, seeking Glinda's affection. Nessa tries to cast a love spell on him using Elphaba's Grimmerie spellbook, but it backfires, shrinking his heart. Elphaba's attempt to save him turns him into a tin man.

Elphaba returns to the Emerald City, where the Wizard and Glinda implore her to join him. She accepts under the condition that the flying monkeys be freed. Chistery, leader of the monkeys, reveals a caged Dr. Dillamond who has lost his ability to speak, among many other Animals imprisoned within the Wizard's lair. Elphaba reaffirms her resolve to fight the Wizard and frees the Animals, interrupting Fiyero and Glinda's wedding. Fiyero helps Elphaba escape and joins her. Concluding they are having an affair despite their protests, a heartbroken Glinda vengefully suggests the Wizard and Morrible lure Elphaba out by spreading a rumor that Nessa is in trouble.

At the hideout, Elphaba and Fiyero profess their mutual love. He sends her to an abandoned castle, Kiamo Ko, for shelter. Meanwhile, Morrible, realizing a simple rumor would not fool Elphaba, creates a tornado that takes a house from Kansas and fatally crushes Nessa.

Glinda gives Nessa's shoes to the house's occupant, Dorothy, and directs her to the Wizard, promising he can help her return home. Elphaba furiously confronts Glinda, leading to a brawl between them before the Gale Force arrives. Fiyero intervenes and holds back the guards by threatening to kill Glinda, who finally accepts that he loves Elphaba. The guards drag him to a field and savagely beat him while Elphaba escapes with the monkeys.

At Kiamo Ko, Elphaba attempts to save Fiyero by transforming him into a scarecrow. Lamenting this and all her previous failed attempts to do right, she chooses to embrace her perceived "wickedness". Dorothy, Boq, Fiyero, and the Lion meet the Wizard, who instructs them to kill Elphaba and bring him her broomstick.

Boq rallies the citizens of the Emerald City to form an angry mob against Elphaba. Glinda reflects on her public image being built on lies, then confronts Morrible about the tornado. Morrible reminds her that she is powerless. Realizing she must do the right thing, Glinda rushes to Kiamo Ko to warn Elphaba about the mob.

Elphaba imprisons Dorothy, demanding she return the shoes, just as Glinda arrives. After Chistery informs them of Fiyero's alleged death, Elphaba decides to surrender and begs Glinda to withhold truth about her, not wanting the people to turn against Glinda as well. They reaffirm their friendship and share a tearful goodbye. Glinda hides and watches as Dorothy douses Elphaba in water, apparently melting her.

Chistery, having regained speech, gives Glinda Elphaba's green elixir bottle, which Elphaba had said belonged to her mother. Glinda brings the Wizard the bottle, making him realize that he is Elphaba's biological father and the reason for her power. Ashamed of his actions, he leaves Oz in a hot air balloon at Glinda's insistence. Glinda becomes Oz's leader and directs the monkeys to apprehend Morrible for her crimes. She finishes telling her story to the Munchkins and reestablishes Animal rights.

Fiyero arrives at Kiamo Ko. Elphaba emerges from a trap door, having faked her death to ensure that she is never seen in Oz again. They depart Oz while the Grimmerie activates for Glinda.

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Cast

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Jonathan Bailey, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande (L-R) reprise their roles as Fiyero, Elphaba and Glinda, respectively

Additionally, Keala Settle, Luisa Guerreiro, Adam James and Alice Fearn reprise their roles from the first film as Miss Coddle, Dr. Dillamond's movement artist, and Glinda's parents, respectively. Bethany Weaver portrays Dorothy Gale, a Kansas farm girl transported to the Land of Oz with her dog, Toto.[21] Though the character is given a more prominent role compared to the original second act of the musical, her face is not directly seen except for a brief shot when Glinda sees her passing through the door's crack.[22][23]

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Production

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Development and pre-production

Further information: Wicked (2024 film) § Development
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Director Jon M. Chu (left) and composer Stephen Schwartz

A film adaptation of the Broadway musical Wicked was announced in 2012,[24] with scheduled release dates of December 20, 2019, December 22, 2021, December 25, 2024, and November 27, 2024.[25] After numerous delays, it was released on November 22, 2024.[26] In April 2022, director Jon M. Chu announced that the adaptation would be split in two parts, saying:

As we prepared the production over the last year, it became impossible to wrestle the story of 'Wicked' into a single film without doing some real damage to it... As we tried to cut songs or trim characters, those decisions began to feel like fatal compromises to the source material that has entertained us all for so many years. We decided to give ourselves a bigger canvas and make not just one 'Wicked' movie but two! With more space, we can tell the story of 'Wicked' as it was meant to be told while bringing even more depth and surprise to the journeys for these beloved characters.[27]

Stephen Schwartz echoed Chu's sentiment in June, while also confirming that a new song was in the works for one of the two films:[28]

We found it very difficult to get past 'Defying Gravity' without a break... That song is written specifically to bring a curtain down, and whatever scene to follow it without a break just seemed hugely anti-climactic... Even as a very long single movie, it required us cutting or omitting things that we wanted to include and that we think fans of the show and the story will appreciate. What we have discussed is that changes need to be 'additive,' to use (producer) Marc Platt's term. They need to add something to the story or the characters. They can't just be changes to do something different. I feel confident that by the time the movie is made, if we all continue to have the same degree of input, I could have a conversation with anyone who has a question about any of the changes made from the stage show and justify why I think it's better for the movie.

In November 2022, Schwartz said the film would include two new songs "to meet the demands of the storytelling".[29] In December 2024, Chu said the film would have a darker tone and that the character of Dorothy Gale would have a more prominent role compared to the musical.[30][23]

Filming

Principal photography began alongside Wicked on December 9, 2022, and had nearly been completed by July 2023 before production was suspended due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.[31] Both films resumed production on January 24, 2024, and concluded filming on January 26.[32] The song vocals were recorded live on set at the insistence of Erivo and Grande, with Academy Award-winning production sound mixer Simon Hayes collaborating with Chu on the recordings of the actors' vocals, using a variation of the same recording techniques that were implemented on Les Misérables.[33][32][34][35]

Chu cited Steven Spielberg's 1991 film Hook as inspiration for the use of large-scale sets and practical effects, including nine million colorful tulips planted on location to surround the Munchkinland set and an actual Yellow Brick Road paved on the ground with real mud.[36][37] Many sets from the first film were repurposed for the second film, such as the life-sized train to Emerald City doubling as Glinda's personal locomotive, and the Governor's Mansion in Munchkinland constructed with elements from the Shiz University library and Madame Morrible's office.[38] Chu also said that the 1998 films Pleasantville and The Truman Show were influences on how both films thematically portray the Land of Oz, saying "It helps create this idea of the rebelliousness that this new younger generation are discovering... How far will that take everybody in Oz throughout the course of the whole story of both movies? It's an awakening of a generation. You start to see the truth about things that maybe you were taught differently."[39] The design of the Tin Man was a collaboration between production designer Nathan Crowley, costume designer Paul Tazewell and prosthetic makeup designer Mark Coulier. The prosthetics took four hours to apply and were designed as an homage to the Tin Man's appearance in the 1939 film, portrayed by Jack Haley. The character's final depiction was a combination of practical costume and makeup prosthetics with some visual effects work.[40]

Post-production and visual effects

On February 6, 2024, it was confirmed that Industrial Light & Magic and Framestore[41] provided the visual effects with Pablo Helman serving as visual effects supervisor, and that post-production work was in progress, with Chu working remotely with editor Myron Kerstein via communication through the newly released Apple Vision Pro.[42][43][44] Editing was paused during most of 2024 in order for Chu to finish post-production on the first film so he could understand how the sequel would continue the story. Post-production resumed in November 2024, immediately following the press tour and release of the first film, with editing done through Avid Media Composer.[45] On October 3, 2025, Chu confirmed on Instagram that post-production had been completed.[citation needed]

On December 16, 2024, the title was announced as Wicked: For Good, sharing its subtitle with the name of the musical's penultimate song.[7] Chu defended the title as always having been the right choice over the working title, Wicked: Part Two,[46] though the latter was ultimately retained on certain international releases.[47][48]

Music

Main articles: Wicked: For Good – The Soundtrack and Wicked: For Good (score)
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John Powell (pictured in 2008) co-composed the incidental underscore with Stephen Schwartz.

The soundtrack album for Wicked: For Good was released on November 21, 2025, through Republic and Verve Records.[49][50] The score album will be released on December 5, 2025.[51][52] Like the first film, Schwartz composed the score alongside John Powell, who also conducted the score cues with Gavin Greenaway.[53] Jeff Atmajian updated William David Brohn's original orchestrations for the songs and enlarged the orchestra from the stage version's original 23 musicians to 125. The song cues were conducted by original music director Stephen Oremus. Schwarz, Oremus, and Greg Wells served as the soundtrack's producers.[53][54][55][56]

In January 2025, Wells revealed that he and Atmajian were in the process of recording live instrumentals, with recording scheduled to happen in May or June 2025 with the orchestra at AIR Studios, followed by mixing over the subsequent months.[57] Later that month, a home studio belonging to Wells was destroyed in the 2025 Palisades Fire, halting production.[58]

Main musical numbers

  • "Every Day More Wicked" – Ozians, Madame Morrible, Elphaba, Glinda and Attendants
  • "Thank Goodness/I Couldn't Be Happier" – Glinda, Morrible, Fiyero and Ozians
  • "No Place Like Home" – Elphaba
  • "The Wicked Witch of the East" – Nessarose, Elphaba and Boq
  • "Wonderful" – The Wizard, Glinda and Elphaba
  • "I'm Not That Girl" (Reprise) – Glinda
  • "As Long as You're Mine" – Elphaba and Fiyero
  • "No Good Deed" – Elphaba
  • "March of the Witch Hunters" – Boq and Ozians
  • "The Girl in the Bubble" – Glinda
  • "For Good" – Elphaba and Glinda
  • "A Wicked Good Finale" – Glinda, Elphaba and Ozians

"Every Day More Wicked" is a reprise of "No One Mourns the Wicked"[59] that also interpolates several songs from the first act, such as "The Wizard and I", "What Is This Feeling", and "Popular".[60] "No Place Like Home" and "The Girl in the Bubble" were written for the film, with the former written in collaboration with Erivo.[61][62] "A Wicked Good Finale", adapted from the original "Finale" track from the stage musical, will be included on the score album as opposed to the soundtrack album.[51][52]

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Changes from stage musical

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Splitting the film adaptation into two parts allowed the filmmakers to expand upon the relationships between the characters, particularly Elphaba and Glinda, so that movie audiences may understand them better.[63]

Additionally, these changes and additions were made:

  • The sexual content of the musical and the novel were toned down so both films could reach a wider audience and attain PG ratings from the Motion Picture Association.[64]
  • Dorothy and Toto are depicted on-screen, including her departure from Munchkinland, her initial meeting with the Wizard, her final battle with Elphaba, and her attempt to leave Oz with the Wizard in his hot air balloon. Her face is never clearly seen, and she does not meet Elphaba in Munchkinland or along the Yellow Brick Road.
  • A new scene depicts Animals building the Yellow Brick Road under forced labour. Elphaba arrives to find them planning to leave Oz and attempts to persuade them to stay with a new song, "No Place Like Home", but is thwarted when the Cowardly Lion appears and reveals that Elphaba cast the spell on the flying monkeys.
  • Boq attempts to leave Munchkinland but is stopped at the train station after a decree is put into effect by Nessarose, stripping the Munchkins of their freedom of movement.
  • The "Wicked Witch of the East" sequence was revised to prevent implications of ableism,[18] most notably by having Nessarose gain the ability to fly instead of walking upright after her shoes are enchanted by Elphaba.[65]
  • There are additional verses at the start of "Wonderful", and Glinda joins in during the song.
  • Elphaba is shown freeing the Animals from their cages under the Wizard's stronghold at the start of Glinda and Fiyero's wedding; the Animals stampede through the ceremony as they escape. The film keeps Animal rights in focus to the end.[66]
  • "March of the Witch Hunters" is broken into two sections, with "The Girl in the Bubble" placed in between. In this song, Glinda sings about her hard choice to abandon her obsession with popularity and become truly good.[67]
  • After "For Good", Glinda admits the Animals back into Ozian society in a continuation of her speech at the beginning of the first film. She says she will try to change things for the better. The Animals regain their jobs and voices.[66]
  • The Grimmerie opens for Glinda at the end of "A Wicked Good Finale", with the film's final shot featuring her and Elphaba recreating the original musical's Broadway poster.[66]
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Release

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Wicked: For Good premiered in São Paulo, Brazil at the Suhai Music Hall on November 4, 2025,[68] with subsequent premieres in Paris at Le Grand Rex on November 7,[69] London at Cineworld Leicester Square on November 10,[70][71] Singapore at Universal Studios Singapore on November 13,[72][73] and New York City at the Metropolitan Opera House on November 17.[68] It was released theatrically by Universal Pictures in the United States on November 21, 2025, with engagements in RealD 3D, IMAX, Dolby Cinema, 4DX, ScreenX and D-Box.[74] It was previously scheduled for release on November 26, 2025, and December 25, 2025, before being moved up to avoid competition with Zootopia 2 and Avatar: Fire and Ash, respectively.[75] Advanced screenings of the film were scheduled for November 17, 2025, for Amazon Prime subscribers, and on November 20 for the general public.[76] A one-time double feature of Wicked and Wicked: For Good was also released in select theaters on the latter date.[77]

Wicked: For Good was screened privately at the DGA Theater in Manhattan on October 27, 2025, with Grande, Chu, Platt, Schwartz, and members of the Broadway cast in attendance.[78] Two private screenings were held in London on November 9, ahead of the British premiere; one for members of the musical's West End production, and another for BAFTA voters that was followed by a discussion with members of the film crew, including cinematographer Alice Brooks and production designer Nathan Crowley.[citation needed]

Marketing

Work-in-process footage from both films in the adaptation, including first listens to Grande and Erivo's renditions of "Popular" and "Defying Gravity", was presented at CinemaCon on April 26, 2023, introduced on stage by Universal Pictures chairwoman Donna Langley.[79] The first film's 60-second "First Look", which premiered during Super Bowl LVIII on February 11, 2024, revealed brief clips of scenes from the second film that expand the plot of the musical's second act, including one of Glinda's wedding and another of the Wizard sending Dorothy and her traveling party to hunt Elphaba down.[80][81] In February 2025, Chu revealed that the first official Wicked: For Good trailer would premiere sometime during the spring or early summer, after declining to have it air during Super Bowl LIX due to technical difficulties with the visual effects.[82]

The two-minute theatrical trailer made its debut at CinemaCon on April 2, introduced on stage by Erivo, Grande, Chu and Platt.[83][84] It was eventually released to the public on June 4, 2025, through a one-night limited theatrical re-release of Wicked, before premiering online afterwards.[85] Simultaneously, the Shiz University website introduced in the first film's promotional campaign was updated, replacing links to the college's locations with an audio recording of Madame Morrible's propaganda speech against Elphaba, and a ticker tape urging visitors to report any "suspicious witch activity" to Morrible and the Wizard. Dr. Dillamond's classroom page was also updated to replace the lecture of Oz's history on the chalkboard with the phrase "Animals should be seen and not heard", a reference to the character's fate in the first film.[86]

On June 9, Universal reported that the For Good trailer received 113 million views in its first 24 hours, surpassing the 75 million views made in the same time-frame by the first film's trailer.[87] That same day, an episode of Lego Masters with challenges themed to Wicked aired on Fox in the United States as part of the series' fifth season.[88][89] On August 6, a "First Look" featurette was released, containing behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Chu, Erivo, and Grande on the evolution between the two Wicked films.[90] A final theatrical trailer was released on September 24, 2025.[91]

For the sixth week of its thirty-fourth season, Dancing with the Stars held a "Wicked Night" where couples danced to songs from Wicked and Wicked: For Good. Chu appeared as a guest judge, while Erivo, Grande, Jonathan Bailey, and Michelle Yeoh appeared in video greetings to the audience. The episode aired on October 21, 2025, and included a never-before-seen clip of the "Wonderful" musical number.[92] A musical television special, Wicked: One Wonderful Night, aired on NBC on November 6, featuring the cast and special guests performing songs from Wicked and Wicked: For Good live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.[93][94] Wicked was shown on NBC on November 19, 2025.[95]

Universal's direct global promotional efforts for Wicked: For Good were scaled back from the first film, with a $90 million budget, compared to the $150 million budget for Wicked.[96] However, the second film also had over 400 brand partners for international marketing, with $330 million in media value, the second largest spend ever, just shy of the record-breaking $350 million from marketing partners for the first film.[97]

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Reception

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Box office

Pre-release

Tickets for Wicked: For Good went on sale on October 8, 2025. The following day, Fandango announced that it was the site's best first-day ticket pre-seller of 2025, surpassing Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle, Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl, and Superman. It additionally became the biggest PG-rated first-day ticket pre-seller of all time, ahead of Frozen 2, the 2019 remake of The Lion King, and the sing-along version of KPop Demon Hunters, and entered the top 10 best first-day ticket pre-sellers of all time on Fandango. Jerramy Hainline, EVP of Fandango Ticketing, said: "With last year's Wicked breaking records and captivating audiences around the world, it is no surprise that fans are racing to get their tickets to Wicked: For Good ... The first film became a true cultural phenomenon bringing new generations into the world of Wicked, and it's clear that fans can't wait to see how the story continues on the big screen."[98] Deadline Hollywood projected the film to gross $112–115 million in its domestic opening weekend, on par with the $112.5 million opening gross of the first film,[99] while Variety projects an opening weekend as high as $150-180 million.[100]

Performance

As of November 28, 2025, Wicked: For Good has grossed $234 million in the United States and Canada, and $93 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $327 million.[5][6][101]

In the United States and Canada, it made $69.1 million on its opening day, which included $30.8 million from preview showings in the week leading up to its release: $6.1 million on Monday, $6.5 million on Wednesday, and $18.2 million on Thursday. Its box office previews were the biggest of the year, surpassing The Fantastic Four: First Steps ($24.4 million).[102][103] The film topped the domestic and international box offices with grosses of $147 million and $223 million, respectively, surpassing its predecessor to earn the highest opening weekend for a Broadway adaptation. It also ranked as the second-biggest opening of 2025 behind A Minecraft Movie ($162.8 million), the third-biggest opening for a Universal film behind Jurassic World ($208.8 million) and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom ($148 million), the second-biggest pre-Thanksgiving debut behind The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ($158 million), and the third-biggest opening for a musical film behind the remakes of The Lion King ($191.8 million) and Beauty and the Beast ($174.8 million).[104][105]

Critical response

Wicked: For Good was received less enthusiastically than its predecessor,[f] with its critical reception being described as mostly positive[g] or mixed.[h] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 67% of 296 critics' reviews are positive. The website's consensus reads: "Taking one last lap down the yellow brick road, Wicked: For Good's darker tone and unhurried pacing sometimes get in the way, but this epic conclusion ultimately brings Elphaba and Glinda's story home in rousing fashion."[116] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 58 out of 100, based on 58 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[117] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale, while those surveyed by PostTrak gave it a 92% overall positive score, with 82% saying they would "definitely recommend" it.[118][119]

Early reactions to Wicked: For Good deemed it superior to the first film and the second act of the stage musical, with Chu's direction and the performances of Erivo and Grande lauded.[120] Justin Chang of The New Yorker shared his critique of the film stating it's “so cowed by its iconic predecessor” (the 1939 Wizard of Oz and the stage musical) that instead of building authentically, it reacts with destructiveness — almost a petulant attempt to outdo what came before.[121] Donald Clarke of The Irish Times gave the film a rating of two out of five, stating that "if you bought the first film's brash visual aesthetic – the result of a giant toddler vomiting candyfloss all over Walt Disney World – then you will be relieved to discover it has got no less stomach-unsettling."[122]

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Future

In November 2024, Schwartz and Holzman stated they had discussed the possibility of "something" more associated with the Wicked film adaptation, but that it would not necessarily be a Wicked Part Three or Four.[132] Since the first film's release, the adaptation overall is in the process of evolving into a media franchise, with theme park attractions based on the films currently in development at Universal Destinations & Experiences.[133]

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Notes

  1. [a]
    Holzman is credited twice for writing the screenplay; first as a solo writer and as part of a writing team with Dana Fox.
  2. [b]
    Per her own request, Grande is credited on-screen with her full name, Ariana Grande-Butera.[8]
  3. [c]
    The film was originally announced as Wicked: Part Two before being retitled in December 2024, but the previous name is still used in some regions, sometimes stylized as Wicked: Part II.[7]
  4. [d]
    As depicted in Wicked (2024)
  5. [e]
    Glinda's full identity is given as "Glinda the Good Witch of the North" in the script of the first film. It is not mentioned by that title in the film's dialogue and credits.[9]
  6. [f]
    Attributed to multiple references:[106][107][108][109][110]
  7. [g]
    Attributed to multiple references:[106][107][111][112][113]
  8. [h]
    Attributed to multiple references:[108][109][114][115]

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