Wicked: For Good isn’t just defying gravity, but also potential box office records. The follow-up to 2024’s Wicked, Wicked: For Good, is anticipated to be one of the biggest movies of the year. Wicked: For Good tickets went on sale on Oct. 8, 2025, and have quickly become one of Fandango’s biggest pre-sellers.
According to Deadline, Wicked: For Good is Fandango’s biggest ticket seller of 2025 to date and also the biggest PG-rated ticket seller of all time on the service. Wicked: For Good has already surpassed the advanced tickets sold for other 2025 headliners like Superman, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle, Taylor Swift | The Official Release Party of a Showgirl, and The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Initial box office tracking had Wicked: For Good opening between $112 to $115 million, and some box office analysts now predict it could be higher. EVP of Fandango Jerramy Hainline said in a statement:
“With fans shattering records on Fandango when tickets first went on sale for Wicked: For Good, it was clear that this electrifying finale to the worldwide sensation would soar to the same heights as the first film. Audiences are in for a true cinematic event as they return to Oz, experiencing it on the biggest screen possible as it was meant to be seen.
Will ‘Wicked: For Good’ Outperform Its Predecessor?
While Wicked: For Good‘s advance ticket sales don’t necessarily translate to mean a record-breaking box office weekend, they certainly are a strong indicator of box office appeal. Both the biggest opening weekend of 2025 and the biggest PG-rated opening of the year belong to A Minecraft Movie, which opened to $162.7 million. Wicked: For Good‘s projections right now are $50 million off, but it could feasibly climb higher. The question is whether it can surpass the opening weekends for fellow PG-related musicals, 2017’s Beauty and the Beast ($174.7 million) and 2019’s The Lion King ($191.7 million). A good point of comparison might be Frozen II, another popular follow-up to a musical opening the same weekend as Wicked: For Good. Frozen II had an opening weekend of $130.2 million, a number that seems reasonable for Wicked: For Good to reach.
What will be the biggest determining factor for Wicked: For Good’s opening weekend will be the amount of walk-up ticket sales the movie is able to generate. Most PG family-related movies might not shatter advanced ticket sales but still generate great numbers, with the highest-grossing film of 2024, Inside Out 2, grossing $154.2 million in its opening weekend. With the Thanksgiving holiday weekend shortly after, some moviegoers might wait to see Wicked: For Good with the holiday family in the film’s second weekend.
Wicked: For Good, along with the likes of Zootopia 2 and Avatar: Fire and Ash, are set to see a big rebound at the box office following a record-low October. The first Wicked held incredibly well weekend after weekend through the holidays, bolstered by incredible word of mouth. Buzz for Wicked: For Good has been incredibly strong, with the film already riding some Oscar buzz. Wicked grossed $473.2 million domestically and $756.7 million worldwide, and all eyes are on whether Wicked: For Good will fall out, match, or exceed its predecessor.
- Release Date
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November 21, 2025
- Runtime
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137 Minutes