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The Wizard of Oz

We're off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz!

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Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.

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Status
Released
Budget
$2.8M
Box office
$33.8M
Language
English
  • witch
  • adolescence
  • dreams
  • based on novel or book
  • secret identity
  • lion
  • tornado
  • twister
  • scarecrow
  • villain
  • musical
  • kansas, usa

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • IndiaIN

    • Theatrical6 Jan 1952
  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereGreen Bay, Wisconsin10 Aug 1939
    • PremiereAppleton, Wisconsin / Cape Cod, Massachusetts / Kenosha, Wisconsin11 Aug 1939
    • PremiereOconomowoc, Wisconsin12 Aug 1939
    • PremiereRacine, Wisconsin / Sheboygan, Wisconsin13 Aug 1939
    • PremiereHollywood, California / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania15 Aug 1939
    • PremiereNew York City, New York17 Aug 1939
    • TheatricalG25 Aug 1939
    • Theatrical (limited)Gre-release3 Apr 1949
    • TheatricalGre-release19 Jun 1949
    • TheatricalGre-release17 Jun 1955
    • TVCBS3 Nov 1956
    • PhysicalVHS / Betamax25 Oct 1980
    • PhysicalCED1 Jan 1982
    • Physical LaserDisc 11 Sept 1996
    • PhysicalDVD26 Mar 1997
    • TheatricalGre-mastered version6 Nov 1998
    • PhysicalDVD19 Oct 1999
    • PremiereGNew York Film Festival26 Sept 2009
    • Physical70th anniversary Blu-ray29 Sept 2009
    • PhysicalBlu-ray1 Dec 2009
    • PhysicalBlu-ray10 Mar 2010
    • Theatrical (limited)PGIMAX 3D20 Sept 2013
    • PremiereGMontclair Film Festival4 May 2014
    • PremiereGTraverse City Film Festival3 Aug 2014
    • PremiereGVirginia Film Festival8 Nov 2014
    • PhysicalBlu-ray29 Oct 2019
    • Physical85th anniversary Blu-ray5 Nov 2024
    • Theatrical (limited)GSphere28 Aug 2025
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalU11 Dec 1939
    • Theatrical26 Jan 1940
    • TVBBC125 Dec 1975
    • PhysicalDVD7 Nov 2005
    • Theatricalre-release15 Dec 2006
    • TheatricalIMAX 3D12 Sept 2014
  • United Arab EmiratesAE

    • PhysicalDVD17 Apr 2019
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalG18 Apr 1940
    • Theatricalre-release7 May 1970
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical21 Aug 1939
    • PremiereDigital Film Festival7 Feb 2010
    • Theatrical7 Feb 2010
    • PremiereCineplex Classic Film Series16 Mar 2011
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical17 Nov 1939
    • Theatrical (limited)re-release20 Jun 2017
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical6 Oct 1950
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical1423 Jun 1946
  • BrazilBR

    • TheatricalL18 Sept 1939
    • Theatrical17 Nov 1939
    • TheatricalLre-release18 Oct 2025
  • ChileCL

    • Theatricalre-release6 Jun 2017
  • ChinaCN

    • PremiereShanghai International Film Festival14 Jun 2015
    • PremiereBeijing International Film Festival13 Apr 2019
    • PremiereShanghai International Film Festival14 Jun 2024

Frequently asked questions

The Wizard of Oz was released on 21 August 1939.

Audience reviews

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    John Chard

    1/25/2016

    10/10

    Timeless classic still entertaining the masses as each new generation comes in. Dorothy is a young girl living on a Kansas farm, during a tornado, she, along with her dog Toto, is swept up and plonked down in a magical and mysterious land known as Oz. Desperate to get back home and under threat from a wicked witch, she is advised to seek out a great wizard who should be able to help her get back home. As she sets …

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    Cat Ellington

    2/19/2017

    'Oh, Auntie Em, there's no place like home!' — Dorothy Gale There were two beloved and highly fabled films that my immediate family and I—while in the comforts of our home—never missed during the Easter holiday weekend of each year: The Ten Commandments (ABC), and The Wizard of Oz (CBS) - an unsurpassed duo of the most tremendously blessed movies in motion picture history. Many a generational - both past and p…

  • J

    John Critic

    4/3/2022

    10/10

    5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My personal favorite non-Disney produced film of all time as well as my personal idol for “melt” movies.

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    CinemaSerf

    6/11/2022

    8/10

    I was really fortunate, recently, to catch this on a big screen and it is still wonderful. After her dog is taken by "Miss Gulch" (Margaret Hamilton), "Dorothy" (Judy Garland) is all in a tizz. She decides to run away from her kindly aunt and uncle but only gets about a mile down the road before she encounters a medicine show run by "Prof. Marvel" (Frank Morgan). A twister is approaching - she must get home before sh…

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    Wuchak

    7/25/2023

    10/10

    **_Highly entertaining, but also... enlightening_** A tornado rips through Dorothy's home in Kansas and transports her to the land of Oz where she meets a scarecrow in need of a brain, a tin man in need of a heart and a lion in need of courage. So they venture to the Emerald City in search of the eponymous wizard. "The Wizard of Oz" (1939) is eminently entertaining for both kids and adults. The message is grea…

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