Where Can I Watch Wicked? Here's How to Stream the Movie (and Sing Along!) at Home

Fans can now stream 'Wicked: Part One' starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo on Peacock

Ariana Grande as Glinda; Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba in Wicked
Ariana Grande as Glinda; Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba in 'Wicked'. Photo:

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Peacock just got very popular as the platform is now streaming Wicked!

The award-winning film — directed by Jon M. Chu and starring Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba — hit theaters on Nov. 22, 2024, and premiered on Peacock on March 21.

In addition to the movie, Peacock delivered fans a slew of bonus content: a sing-along version of Wicked; the NBC special Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked; and a behind-the-scenes look at the film titled Making Wicked.

Wicked, which has been split into two parts (with the latter titled Wicked: For Good premiering in theaters on Nov. 21, 2025), is an adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway musical ⁠of the same name, which was originally based on the 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire.

Here's everything to know about how you can watch Wicked at home.

Where can I stream Wicked the movie?

Marissa Bode is Nessarose and Cynthia Erivo is Elphaba in WICKED, directed by Jon M. Chu
Marissa Bode as Nessarose and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba in 'Wicked'.

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Wicked is now available to stream on Peacock.

In the platform's “Defying Gravity” Collection, fans will also find a sing-along version of the film, exclusive behind-the-scenes content and various deleted and extended scenes.

For those who don't have a Peacock subscription, Wicked is also available to rent or buy via video-on-demand (VOD) platforms (including Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, YouTube and Fandango at Home).

When did Wicked premiere in theaters? 

Jonathan Bailey is Prince Fiyero in WICKED
Jonathan Bailey in "Wicked".

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Wicked: Part One premiered in theaters on Nov. 22, 2024 — and viewers got their money's worth with a run time of 2 hours and 40 minutes. Rated PG by the Motion Picture Association, the movie is considered fun (and appropriate) for the whole family.

Early on, Chu made the decision to split the film into two parts. Wicked: For Good is slated to release on Nov. 21, 2025.

"It became increasingly clear that it would be impossible to wrestle the story of Wicked into a single film without doing some real damage to it," he wrote in a note to fans posted on X in 2022.

Chu continued, "As we tried to cut songs or trim characters, those decisions began to feel like fatal compromises to the source material that has entertained us all for so many years. So we decided to give ourselves a bigger canvas."

What is Wicked: Part One about? 

Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) in Wicked tout
Cynthia Erivo in "Wicked".

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The first Wicked film introduces audiences to Glinda (Grande) and Elphaba (Erivo), who meet as students at Shiz University in the Land of Oz. Elphaba is misunderstood due to her green skin, while Glinda is popular amongst her peers.

They're paired up as roommates and forge an unlikely friendship, but after an encounter with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Jeff Goldblum), Glinda and Elphaba go down two starkly different paths.

"Their extraordinary adventures in Oz will ultimately see them fulfill their destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West," per the film's official synopsis.

While speaking to PEOPLE in July 2024, Chu said the film is a much deeper interpretation of the Broadway musical.

"Because of the camera, because it’s not a stage show, we get to go closer," he said. "We get to be more intimate. We get the camera two inches from their face and that brings a lot of power to the show that you can't have on a stage."

What has the cast of Wicked said about the film? 

 (L-R) Ethan Slater, Jeff Goldblum, Marissa Bode, Michelle Yeoh, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey and Bronwyn James attend the Los Angeles premiere of Universal Pictures "Wicked" at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on November 09, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
Ethan Slater, Jeff Goldblum, Marissa Bode, Michelle Yeoh, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey and Bronwyn James at "Wicked" premiere in 2024.

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Ahead of the movie's release, Grande told PEOPLE that being a part of Wicked has "forever changed" her.

She joked that the experience was both emotional and a tad painful — due to Glinda's many hair flips. “I was, I still am, stiff,” Grande quipped.

During an interview with The New York Times, Erivo said it was "really hard" to let her character go after filming wrapped.

"I still fiercely love her. ... Characters like this don’t come along very often, they just don’t," she explained. "The lore of Oz was very closed to girls who looked like me, and now I’m the Wicked Witch of the West. I think the doors are very open now, which is wonderful."

As for Marissa Bode, she made history as the first wheelchair user to portray Elphaba's sister Nessarose. Bode, who has been in a wheelchair since she was 11, told Today that she used her role to advocate for her community.

“How I feel as a disabled person in a world that is not necessarily built for me, in a world where people just don’t understand or aren’t always fully educated on disability as a whole — I definitely took those with me and leaned that into my character," she said.

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