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Universal's Wicked recently passed the $500 million mark at the worldwide box office, and now its sequel has a new title.
Director Jon M. Chu had always planned a two-part adaptation of the beloved Broadway musical, based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 book that showed characters from the Wizard of Oz in a whole new light.
Now the studio has revealed the sequel - formerly known as simply Wicked: Part 2 - will now be called Wicked: For Good, via The Hollywood Reporter.
The studio revealed the title with a brief video on the Wicked Instagram, which already has more than 760K likes in just three hours.
The title refers to a song from the original musical - For Good - a duet between Glinda and Elphaba written by composer Stephen Schwartz.
The sequel is still set for release on November 21, 2025, which currently puts it up against Paramount's The Running Man remake starring Glen Powell.
Universal's Wicked recently passed the $500 million mark at the worldwide box office , and now its sequel has a new title
Now the studio has revealed the sequel - formerly known as simply Wicked: Part 2 - will now be called Wicked: For Good, via The Hollywood Reporter
The studio revealed the title with a brief video on the Wicked Instagram, which already has more than 760K likes in just three hours
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo will return as Glinda and Elphaba, following the pair's iconic friendship.
The film debuted in a huge way at the box office with $112.5 million from 3,888 theaters.
It has currently taken in $359.1 million at the domestic box office with $166.1 million from foreign markets for $525.2 million worldwide.
The film has caused a bit of controversy with theater chains like AMC discouraging fans from singing along to the iconic songs from the musical, the fourth-longest in Broadway history which has been running for 21 years.
However, it was recently announced that Universal will be releasing a 'sing-along' version starting Christmas Day.
The sing-along screenings - where fans will be encouraged to sing along in theaters - will run from December 25 to January 2.
The cast for the sequel will also include Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Yeoh and Jeff Goldblum.
Erivo recently opened up about preparations to take on such an iconic musical, admitting, 'It took a lot of training.'
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo will return as Glinda and Elphaba, following the pair's iconic friendship
The film debuted in a huge way at the box office with $112.5 million from 3,888 theaters
It has currently taken in $359.1 million at the domestic box office with $166.1 million from foreign markets for $525.2 million worldwide
'Normally when you sing a big song you are grounded by the floor beneath you, but in a harness and a corset you have to find where the breath needs to be. It took a lot of physical and psychological tricks,' she added.
When asked about co-star Grande, Erivo said, 'We only got together once we knew we were doing it. The first time we sang we realised our voices work so well together.'
Cynthia concluded: 'It's been three years in the making, so now I get to talk about it. I am very, very happy it is out.'
'I’ve gained a sister,' she said in Elle's 2024 Women in Hollywood portfolio. 'At this point, we speak almost every day. Both of us were blown away by how connected we were immediately.'
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