The Wizard of Oz
“We're off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz!”
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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Cast
28 people
Judy Garland
Dorothy
Known for
Meet Me in St. Louis
A Star Is Born
Jimmy the Crow
The Crow
Ray Bolger
Scarecrow / Hunk
Known for
Babes in Toyland
The Harvey Girls
Jack Haley
Tin Man / Hickory
Also in
One Body Too Many
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Bert Lahr
Cowardly Lion / Zeke
Also in
Flying High
Henry the Ache
Frank Morgan
Oz / Professor Marvel
Known for
The Shop Around the Corner
The Great Ziegfeld
Margaret Hamilton
The Wicked Witch of the West / Miss Gulch
Known for
13 Ghosts
You Only Live Once
Billie Burke
Glinda
Known for
Father of the Bride
Sergeant Rutledge
Clara Blandick
Auntie Em
Known for
A Stolen Life
Life with Father
Charley Grapewin
Uncle Henry
Known for
The Grapes of Wrath
Tobacco Road
Pat Walshe
Nikko
Also in
Seeing Things
Terry
Toto
Also in
Barefoot Boy
Twin Beds
Victor Fleming Director · Edgar Allan Woolf Screenplay Noel Langley Screenplay
Worldwide gross $34M · Budget $2.8M · United States release August 25, 1939
Box office
Budget
$2,777,000
Worldwide gross
$33,754,967
Gross vs. budget
12.2×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
Loew's Incorporated
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 10, 1939
Premiere · Green Bay, Wisconsin
United States · August 25, 1939
Theatrical
United States · October 25, 1980
Physical · VHS / Betamax
United States
August 11, 1939 · Premiere · Appleton, Wisconsin / Cape Cod, Massachusetts / Kenosha, Wisconsin
August 12, 1939 · Premiere · Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
August 13, 1939 · Premiere · Racine, Wisconsin / Sheboygan, Wisconsin
August 15, 1939 · Premiere · Hollywood, California / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
August 17, 1939 · Premiere · New York City, New York
April 3, 1949 · Limited theatrical · re-release
June 19, 1949 · Theatrical · re-release
June 17, 1955 · Theatrical · re-release
November 3, 1956 · TV · CBS
January 1, 1982 · Physical · CED
September 11, 1996 · Physical · LaserDisc
March 26, 1997 · Physical · DVD
November 6, 1998 · Theatrical · re-mastered version
October 19, 1999 · Physical · DVD
September 26, 2009 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
September 29, 2009 · Physical · 70th anniversary Blu-ray
December 1, 2009 · Physical · Blu-ray
March 10, 2010 · Physical · Blu-ray
September 20, 2013 · Limited theatrical · IMAX 3D
May 4, 2014 · Premiere · Montclair Film Festival
August 3, 2014 · Premiere · Traverse City Film Festival
November 8, 2014 · Premiere · Virginia Film Festival
October 29, 2019 · Physical · Blu-ray
November 5, 2024 · Physical · 85th anniversary Blu-ray
August 28, 2025 · Limited theatrical · Sphere
Argentina
November 17, 1939 · Theatrical
June 20, 2017 · Limited theatrical · re-release
Australia
April 18, 1940 · Theatrical
May 7, 1970 · Theatrical · re-release
Austria
October 6, 1950 · Theatrical
Belgium
June 23, 1946 · Theatrical
Brazil
September 18, 1939 · Theatrical
November 17, 1939 · Theatrical
October 18, 2025 · Theatrical · re-release
Canada
August 21, 1939 · Theatrical
February 7, 2010 · Premiere · Digital Film Festival
February 7, 2010 · Theatrical
March 16, 2011 · Premiere · Cineplex Classic Film Series
Chile
June 6, 2017 · Theatrical · re-release
China
June 14, 2015 · Premiere · Shanghai International Film Festival
April 13, 2019 · Premiere · Beijing International Film Festival
June 14, 2024 · Premiere · Shanghai International Film Festival
Colombia
November 13, 2025 · Theatrical · re-release
Cuba
November 17, 1939 · Theatrical
Denmark
March 26, 1940 · Theatrical
Ecuador
April 4, 2021 · Physical · DVD
Egypt
April 4, 2021 · Physical · DVD
Estonia
March 18, 1940 · Theatrical
Finland
November 21, 1943 · Theatrical
December 3, 1988 · Theatrical · re-release
France
June 26, 1946 · Theatrical
December 15, 1999 · Theatrical · re-release
September 7, 2005 · Premiere · Deauville Festival of American Cinema
September 4, 2010 · Premiere · L'Étrange Festival
October 2, 2013 · Theatrical · re-release
Germany
April 19, 1951 · Theatrical
March 10, 2005 · Theatrical · re-release
February 5, 2015 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
Greece
April 10, 1950 · Theatrical · re-release
November 16, 1973 · Theatrical · re-release
Hong Kong SAR China
February 6, 1947 · Theatrical
July 17, 2005 · Premiere · Hong Kong International Children's Film Festival
August 18, 2016 · Premiere · Summer International Film Festival
Hungary
March 21, 1940 · Theatrical
November 24, 1960 · Theatrical · re-release
Iceland
March 1, 1941 · Theatrical
India
January 6, 1952 · Theatrical
Indonesia
January 10, 2022 · TV
Iran
May 17, 1940 · Theatrical
Ireland
April 12, 1940 · Theatrical
November 7, 2005 · Physical · DVD
Israel
October 28, 2019 · Physical · Blu-ray
Italy
December 4, 1947 · Theatrical
April 19, 1949 · Theatrical
October 1, 1949 · Theatrical
December 11, 2016 · Limited theatrical · re-release
Jamaica
March 28, 1940 · Theatrical
Japan
December 25, 1954 · Theatrical
March 11, 2017 · Premiere · Chofu Film Festival
Kazakhstan
July 10, 2010 · Theatrical
Mexico
January 1, 1940 · Theatrical
July 17, 1964 · Theatrical · re-release
Netherlands
August 8, 1946 · Theatrical
December 25, 2001 · TV · NET5
July 22, 2009 · Physical · DVD
November 27, 2009 · Physical · Blu-ray
December 1, 2011 · Theatrical · re-release
Norway
April 30, 2002 · Premiere · Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival
August 15, 2020 · Theatrical · re-release
Peru
May 11, 2023 · Theatrical · re-release
Philippines
January 15, 1953 · Premiere · Davao
Poland
March 27, 2015 · Theatrical
November 8, 2023 · Premiere · American Film Festival
Portugal
December 13, 1940 · Theatrical
April 3, 1981 · Theatrical · re-release
July 19, 1983 · Premiere · Lisbon
December 4, 1983 · Premiere · Porto
Puerto Rico
January 1, 1940 · Theatrical
Russia
December 2, 1939 · Theatrical
Serbia
November 10, 1940 · Premiere · Belgrade
Singapore
October 1, 2013 · Physical · Blu-ray
South Africa
October 27, 1939 · Premiere · Johannesburg
November 10, 1939 · Premiere · Cape Town
January 2, 2026 · Limited theatrical
South Korea
May 3, 2012 · Theatrical
September 6, 2023 · Theatrical · re-release
Spain
March 1, 1945 · Premiere · Madrid
March 31, 1945 · Premiere · Barcelona
Sweden
January 2, 1940 · Theatrical
June 9, 2000 · Physical · DVD
November 4, 2009 · Physical · Blu-ray
October 9, 2013 · Physical · 3D Blu-ray
Taiwan
April 4, 2011 · Premiere · Golden Horse Fantastic Film Festival
Thailand
November 19, 1941 · Theatrical
May 11, 2023 · Theatrical · 100 Years Warner
Türkiye
December 26, 1940 · Theatrical
United Arab Emirates
April 17, 2019 · Physical · DVD
United Kingdom
December 11, 1939 · Theatrical
January 26, 1940 · Theatrical
December 25, 1975 · TV · BBC1
November 7, 2005 · Physical · DVD
December 15, 2006 · Theatrical · re-release
September 12, 2014 · Theatrical · IMAX 3D
Uruguay
November 17, 1939 · Premiere · Montevideo
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