Thrillifying! “Wicked: For Good” bags biggest opening weekend for a staged musical adaptation at ₱163.5M

Breaks record for highest advance ticket sales in PH

A congratulotions is in order as Wicked: For Good earns ₱163.5 million in the 5-day opening weekend box office. That’s a 54% jump from the opening weekend of the first Wicked film. The Philippines charted high international sales, ranking sixth worldwide outside of the United States. Wicked: For Good also holds the achievement for having the biggest opening weekend for Universal in 2025, and since 2018.

Universal Pictures Philippines also released the music video featuring the talented winners of the Awiting Wicked: For Good competition with their own version of the iconic For Good duet. The chosen singers, duos Fatima Soria and Pia Casing, Jezza Quiogue and Nowi Alpuerto, and Kyle Quinco and Tiffany Vistal, had a chance to meet Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, who play Elphaba and Glinda, at the Wicked: For Good premiere in Singapore.

The music video also has cameos from other duos like VJs Markki Stroem and Ai dela Cruz, who hosted the premiere in Singapore, drag queens Precious Paula Nicole and Brigiding, and content creators Lenie Aycardo and Hajie Alejandro.

Watch the music video on Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/mchr99a3

Don’t miss the number one movie in the country as Wicked: For Good is now showing in Philippine cinemas. Check out Universal Pictures PH (FB), UniversalPicturesPH (IG), and UniversalPicsPH (TikTok) for the latest news and updates.

About Wicked: For Good:

And now whatever way our stories end, I know you have rewritten mine by being my friend

Last year’s global cinematic cultural sensation, which became the most successful Broadway film adaptation of all time, now reaches its epic, electrifying, emotional conclusion in Wicked: For Good.

Directed once again by award-winning director Jon M. Chu and starring the spectacular returning cast, led by Academy Award® nominated superstars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, the final chapter of the untold story of the witches of Oz begins with Elphaba and Glinda estranged and living with the consequences of their choices.

The film is produced by returning Tony and Emmy winning powerhouse Marc Platt p.g.a. and by multiple Tony winner David Stone. The executive producers are Stephen Schwartz, David Nicksay, Jared LeBoff, Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox. The first film, Wicked, released in November 2024, earned 10 Academy Award® nominations, including Best Picture, and won the Oscars® for Costume Design and Production Design. To date, the film has grossed $750 million worldwide.

Wicked: For Good is based on the generation-defining musical stage play with music and lyrics by legendary Grammy and Oscar® winning composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman, from the bestselling novel by Gregory Maguire. The screenplay is by Winnie Holzman and Winnie Holzman & Dana Fox. The film score is by John Powell & Stephen Schwartz, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz.