Thanksgiving weekend: All the movies you can watch in theaters over the holiday

Thanksgiving is one of the biggest holidays in the country. The entertainment industry knows this, using the long weekend when many travel home to visit their family members as the perfect opportunity for some movie theater magic, ensuring that some of the year’s biggest titles are available to watch on the big screen.

This year, there are plenty of films that can satisfy all kinds of viewers, whether they’re looking for an adaptation of a revered musical, a Roman epic, or an animated and family-friendly movie.

“Wicked: Part 1” is arguably one of the year’s biggest films. The musical based on the Broadway phenomenon of the same name stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande as the witches Elphaba and Glinda. The film follows the blossoming of their friendship and the years they spend together in school, long before Elphaba becomes the terrifying Wicked Witch of the West.