His salary for the film, according to Fricke: $72,000 (around $1.63 million today). Jack Haley and Bert Lahr, who played the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion, respectively “made near that amount,” as they too “came to movies from Broadway and they were established names,” says Fricke.

Chu teased that "there is interaction and some crossover" with Dorothy in the sequel Dorothy might soon meet the witches of Oz in the next Wicked film. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande bring down the house as Elphaba and Glinda in the new movie musical,