Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: The Original Wizard of Oz Is One of the Biggest Box Office Hits of 2025

One of the biggest box office hits of the year...by far...is the Wizard of Oz. Not Wicked...the original 1939 classic. How?

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
The first Wicked installment conjured up three quarter of a
billion dollars at the box office, which is a pretty
impressive total, but it might not be the biggest Oz
movie of twenty twenty five. And no, I'm not talking
about the Wicked sequel. It's none other than the original
nineteen thirty nine classic The Wizard of Oz, which could
end up earning a billion dollars at the box office
and all out of one theater in Las Vegas world

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renowned three sixty degree experience, the Sphere. The film is
given one hundred million dollar AI polished a format and
reimagine it for the venue's massive screen, and it's earning
about two million dollars a day. Consider that many given
a nationwide release don't earn that much in their opening weekend.
It's a big tally for just one screen, although it

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is the largest and highest resolution LED screen in the world,
and if estif it's hold up, it's easily going to
earn a billion dollars.

Speaker 1 (00:55):
That's direct from Hollywood.