‘Oz The Great And Powerful’ Crosses $300M At Global Box Office

COMMENTS (17)

• Great movie my children loves ut

  Comment by Mel — Thursday March 21, 2013 @ 3:57pm PDT  Reply to this post

• The success of this film is astonishing to me.
  The actors were so miscast and bad.
  The effects were cheap looking and unoriginal.

  Comment by avidfilmgal — Thursday March 21, 2013 @ 4:25pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • I guess you missed the article quoting the North American Theater Owners rep who blamed low Q1 profits on a lack of family fare at the box office. Until the Croods opens, this was really the only game in town. Good marketing and perfect scheduling can apparently make up for a miscast, mediocre film.

    Comment by NervisRex — Thursday March 21, 2013 @ 7:39pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • This is hardly the first bad movie to do well. Just look at that terrible Alice mess. Movie succeed because of a bankable name like Depp, plus visuals and action.

    Comment by sffan — Friday March 22, 2013 @ 11:10am PDT  Reply to this post

• Say what you want about ‘Oz’ (I haven’t seen it), but Disney scheduled it perfectly, much like their POTC franchise. It benefited from being the first big ‘event’ movie of the year, and from multiple, reliable family-friendly brands (Oz; Disney).

  Comment by joshreader — Thursday March 21, 2013 @ 4:38pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Freaking awesome news, long may it continue… Brilliant Disney family movie.

  Comment by mjrules — Thursday March 21, 2013 @ 4:39pm PDT  Reply to this post

• That’s more to the credit of Rachel Weisz and Michelle Williams, who both saved this film from the bad miscasting of James Franco and Mila Kunis.

  Comment by Twilighter — Thursday March 21, 2013 @ 4:49pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Great news! I absolutely loved this film. Incredibly entertaining, and great special effects. The people who hate this film are just an extremely annoying, and vocal minority. Get over it. James Franco rules.

  Comment by Michael — Thursday March 21, 2013 @ 4:54pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • This was the worst movie I have ever seen. It ruined my life. I’m getting my eyes removed to make sure I never accidentally see it again.

    Comment by Teejay — Thursday March 21, 2013 @ 5:54pm PDT  Reply to this post

    • )) hilarious

      Comment by Haha — Friday March 22, 2013 @ 3:47am PDT  Reply to this post

• I thought it was a wonderful film that tipped its hat to the original. The special effects were meant to be modest, but they were quite enjoyable. The cast was just fine. What I love is that its success flies in the face of the nasty chorus of cynics that live in Hollywood. I hope Oz makes Disney a bundle.

  Comment by Lights, Cameras, Action — Thursday March 21, 2013 @ 5:08pm PDT  Reply to this post

• FRANCO IS NOT A MOVIE STAR. Neither is mila. They are both awful. This is a shame. And a sham.

  Comment by Katiej — Thursday March 21, 2013 @ 6:10pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • You are the shame and the sham it’s a wonderful movie that people love. Real people who actually spend their own money to go see a good movie.

    Comment by The Wizard — Thursday March 21, 2013 @ 6:19pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I really enjoyed this movie. It’s not perfect but much better than most of the crap out there. Kudos to Disney and Sam Raimi! I will be first in line at the sequel

  Comment by Joshua — Thursday March 21, 2013 @ 8:14pm PDT  Reply to this post

• My kids loved the Movie. Awesome effects and it answered a lot of question from the original and left a lot of room for a sequel.

  Comment by Matt — Friday March 22, 2013 @ 6:59am PDT  Reply to this post

• Whether it’s good or not, it hasn’t broke even at 325 million~the cost of making this movie~~~

  Comment by JC Allen — Friday March 22, 2013 @ 4:04pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I thought it was excellent. I ate up every minute and can’t point to one actor who did not shine. But we are all entitled to our opinions. I think they missed one BIG mark. The impact of “Wizard of Oz” was the music. They would have hit a Billion with a musical.

  Comment by Victors Villas — Thursday May 16, 2013 @ 12:55pm PDT  Reply to this post