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Chu, director of both \"Wicked\" films, which stars Erivo and Grande, announced the second \"Wicked\" film in a social media post in April 2022, teasing the second installment as offering \"more space\" to tell the story \"as it was meant to be told.\"

\"Wicked\" was released in theaters on Nov. 22 and has made over $359 million domestically at the box office and $524,971,000 worldwide.

\"Wicked,\" a musical retelling of \"The Wizard of Oz\" originally starring Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel as Glinda and Elphaba, respectively, made its Broadway debut in 2003. It's based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel, \"Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West.\"

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