Wicked: For Good
Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West and her relationship with Glinda, the Good Witch of the North. The second of a two-part feature film adaptation of the Broadway musical.
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 2h 17m
- Released
- 2025
- Country
- United States, Canada, Australia
Details
Release year: 2025
Storyline
Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West and her relationship with Glinda, the Good Witch of the North. The second of a two-part feature film adaptation of the Broadway musical.
Top credits
Cynthia Erivo — Elphaba
Ariana Grande — Glinda
Jeff Goldblum — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Michelle Yeoh — Madame Morrible
Awards
0 wins & 2 nominations
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• We do not see Dorothy's face at all during the film. Director John M. Chu was said to have believed that nobody can replace Judy Garland as Dorothy, and that Wicked is Elphaba and Glinda's story.
• Wicked (2024) first announced it would be split into two films in April 2022, with composer Stephen Schwartz explaining: "The truth is we tried for some time to make it one movie (which) required us to cut or omit things we wanted to include that we believe fans of the show and story will appreciate." He added, "We found it very difficult to get past 'Defying Gravity' without a break. That song is written specifically to bring a curtain down, and any scene that follows it without a break just seemed hugely anti-climactic."
• In the original musical, Nessarose was given the ability to walk without her wheelchair when Elphaba enchanted the silver shoes. While the shoes are enchanted in the film adaptation, it was changed to Nessa floating in the air rather than walking to accommodate Marissa Bode's walking disability in real life.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $342,915,090
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $147,004,640 (2025-11-23)