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2025 • PG • 2h 17m • Musical / Fantasy / Drama • Universal Pictures

The story of Elphaba and Glinda reaches its powerful conclusion as their friendship faces its greatest test in the land of Oz.

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$147.00M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$342.90M
Final
Worldwide total
$533.80M
All markets
Budget$150M
Domestic legs2.33x
2025 rank#6

Cast & crew

Full Chu filmography
Jon M. Chu Jon M. Chu Director Cynthia Erivo Cynthia Erivo Starring Ariana Grande Ariana Grande Starring Jeff Goldblum Jeff Goldblum Starring Michelle Yeoh Michelle Yeoh Starring
ScreenplayDana Fox, Winnie Holzman Produced byNot specified CinematographyNot specified MusicStephen Schwartz Prod. DesignNot specified

Predicted final domestic

How the model works
$442M–$475M
$408M $459M $509M
$342.90M so far

The prediction model updated after a -58% second-weekend drop. The wider range of $408M–$509M accounts for 90% of films. Learn more about how the prediction model works

$441M
Baseline
Adventure Sequel — 3.00 baseline opening
0%
CinemaScore
A: Adventure avg is A
+2%
Audience
Strong — RT 88%, LB 3.40, IMDB 6.7
+9%
Seasonality
Holiday season
0%
Release Day
Friday (standard)
-13%
2nd Weekend
-58% drop
+6%
Genre
Adventure Sequel legs

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Nov 21–23 (opening) #1 $147.0M — 4,115 $35,724 $147.0M
2 Nov 28–30 #2 $61.7M −58% 4,115 $15,001 $269.2M
3 Dec 5–7 #3 $17.4M −71.9% 3,985 $4,355 $297.6M
4 Dec 12–14 #3 $8.5M −50.7% 3,480 $2,456 $312.1M
5 Dec 19–21 #7 $4.9M −43.1% 2,913 $1,668 $321.1M
6 Dec 26–28 #9 $5.3M +9.5% 2,008 $2,650 $331.7M
7 Jan 2–4 #9 $3.3M −38.7% 1,885 $1,730 $339.9M
8 Jan 9–11 #14 $1.0M −69.1% 1,142 $882 $341.8M
9 Jan 16–18 #24 $305.3K −69.7% 414 $737 $342.5M
10 Jan 23–25 #27 $150.4K −50.7% 853 $176 $342.8M
Cumulative total$340.7M
Nov 21Dec 3Dec 15Dec 26Jan 7
Weekend grossWk 10 · $150.4K
$147.0M
$61.7M
$17.4M
$8.5M
$4.9M
$5.3M
$3.3M
$1.0M
$305.3K
$150.4K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 4,115 → 1,885 −54.2%
4,115 open1,885 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −50.7%
−58%
W1→2
−71.9%
W2→3
−50.7%
W3→4
−43.1%
W4→5
+9.5%
W5→6
−38.7%
W6→7
−69.1%
W7→8
−69.7%
W8→9
−50.7%
W9→10
Steepest −71.9%Biggest gain +9.5%

Run milestones

$300M in 19 days
$100M
Day 2
Nov 22
$200M
Day 7
Nov 27
$300M
Day 19
Dec 9

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

All records
#3 Biggest November openingsAll-time $147.0M #7 Biggest PG-rated openingsAll-time $147.0M #35 Biggest opening weekendsAll-time $147.0M

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