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🎥 About the Movie

Title: Wicked: Part I (2024)
Director: Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians, In the Heights)
Screenwriters: Winnie Holzman & Dana Fox
Based on: The 2003 Broadway musical by Stephen Schwartz & Winnie Holzman, adapted from Gregory Maguire’s novel

Two-part adaptation: Part I released in 2024, Part II (Wicked: For Good) in 2025.
Live vocals: Actors performed songs live on set.
Set design: Included nine million tulips and a real Yellow Brick Road.
Tributes: Subtle nods to The Wizard of Oz appear throughout.

Debut: Premiered on Broadway in 2003, directed by Joe Mantello.
Signature songs: “Defying Gravity,” “Popular,” “For Good.”
Awards: Won 3 Tony Awards and a Grammy.
Cultural impact: Became one of Broadway’s highest-grossing shows.
Casting trivia: Idina Menzel wore green eye shadow and lipstick to her audition.
Name origin: “Elphaba” comes from L. Frank Baum’s initials.

Wicked: Part I (2024) grossed $758 million worldwide, including $475 million domestic.
Wicked: For Good (2025) opened with $147 million domestic and $223 million globally, setting records for the biggest opening of a Broadway adaptation.
Combined, the two films cost $300 million in production and $250 million in marketing, but the gamble paid off with blockbuster success.

Esther Zuckerman, Bloomberg News: “Wicked will likely never win over skeptics… but longtime devotees will fall in love bringing newcomers into their club.”
Jesse Hassenger, AV Club: “Is it enough for Wicked to be a better version of those live-action Disney remakes…? Maybe.”
Kristy Puchko, Mashable: “Indulgent and unwieldy as it is, Wicked is a thrill, at times wildly funny, heart-soaring, and ultimately inspirational in spite of itself.”