Overview
- The concluding chapter reached cinemas on November 21, led by Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Glinda.
- Premiere credits identify British West End performer Bethany Weaver as Dorothy, whose face is deliberately kept off screen per director Jon M. Chu’s creative choice.
- North American opening‑weekend forecasts range roughly from $150 million to $180 million, with advance previews reported above $20 million.
- Composer Stephen Schwartz added two new songs for the film—The Girl in the Bubble for Glinda and No Place Like Home for Elphaba.
- VFX supervisor Pablo Helman says the production features about 1,800 effects shots created over a year and a half by roughly 1,000 artists, with no real animals used.