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BOX OFFICE: OZ: THE GREAT AND POWERFUL Looks Set To Open To $80+ Million

Unlike Warner Bros.' fantasy flop Jack the Giant Slayer, Disney and Sam Raimi's Oz: The Great and Powerful is tracking well, as insiders predict a huge opening weekend in North America of $80 million or more. Read on for details!

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By Josh Wilding - 3/4/2013

Tracking is never all that reliable, with many movies often veering far wide of the projected numbers. They do still however give us an indication of what to expect from the financial performance of upcoming releases, and according to Deadline, Oz: The Great and Powerful looks set to take the North American box office by storm this weekend. Insiders - including those from RIVAL studios - are predicting that the Sam Raimi helmed movie will earn a whopping $80+ million during its first weekend, laying waste to any fears that Disney have another John Carter sized flop on their hands (that $200 million film went on to gross only $73 million domestically). With a $100 million marketing campaign, it's hoped that the Wizard of Oz prequel will also perform well overseas, just like $1 billion hit Alice in Wonderland. If these numbers are correct, expect this to be the beginning of a brand new Disney franchise. Are you guys looking forward to the movie?





"Oz The Great and Powerful" imagines the origins of L. Frank Baum’s beloved character, the Wizard of Oz. When Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks he’s hit the jackpot—fame and fortune are his for the taking—that is until he meets three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone’s been expecting. Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity—and even a bit of wizardry—Oscar transforms himself not only into the great and powerful Wizard of Oz but into a better man as well.


STARRING:

James Franco as Oscar Diggs/Oz
Mila Kunis as Theodora
Michelle Williams as Glinda the Good Witch
Rachel Weisz as Evanora
Zach Braff as Frank and Finley
Joey King as China Girl
Abigail Spencer as Mrs. Hamilton
Ted Raimi as Skeptic/Tinker
Tony Cox as Knuck
Tim Holmes as The Strong Man

RELEASE DATE: March 8th, 2013.
Source: Deadline
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Hellsing - 3/4/2013, 6:19 AM
Well this is certainly good news for the box office and disney in general the biggest hit so far has been Identity Thief(might be wrong. Also kinda surprised that this is tracking so well when both movies seem similar heavy on CGI and slim on plot/character. Then again I haven't seen Jack the Giant Slayer and most likely won't see this either unless I hear its amazing or something.
Hellsing - 3/4/2013, 6:20 AM
Theres a lot of movies releasing in the summer that are must watch so I need to save a lil money for those.
ShadowOfTheWeb - 3/4/2013, 6:20 AM
I'm sure it'll be a massive performer since it's tapping into such a massive range of demographics. I'm pretty pumped for this... unfortunately I haven't read a review that loved it yet :(
subzero1077 - 3/4/2013, 6:22 AM
Definitely going to see this! Hopefully Friday or Saturday.
wolverinesfury - 3/4/2013, 6:25 AM
Good for Sam Raimi. I'm glad he found another successful franchise after done a brilliant job with Spider-Man.
InfiniteMonkey - 3/4/2013, 6:27 AM
I hope this does well. Loads better than the Jack bit by Singer...but, I'll just wait for the Red Box edition if reminded.
JohnTom88 - 3/4/2013, 6:29 AM
Disney > Warner Bros
jj72 - 3/4/2013, 6:30 AM
Rachel Weisz and Mila Kunis on the same screen? Yes please.
TheAbomination - 3/4/2013, 7:02 AM
Disney must be thrilled to hear this. You know they're all about that green:
MrYurMomm - 3/4/2013, 7:07 AM
Lol, Remember when The Avengers was on track to make $175 million opening weekend? And blew us all away with a $200.3 million dollar opening weekend? Yeah.. me too. Those were the days, right guys? Anyways, i'm predicting $73-$80 million minimum, with a $87-$95 million max for Oz, with a final box office gross of around $400-$475 million. Just my estimations based on comparable openings.

So now I challenge you all... What are your opening weekend predictions for The Avengers 2? I'm going to go ahead and guess $200-$235 million minimum, with a max of about $250-$275 million. And that's domestic predictions, for the US of course. For the final box office gross, i'm predicting anywhere from $1.5-$2.3 billion. Hell, it might even meet or surpass Avatar's numbers, which is $2.7 billion for those of you that don't know.

Now how about your predictions for Iron-Man 3? Since Iron-Man 2 had $128 million opening weekend, I'm betting it's going to be a minimum of $130-$135 million, and a max of, oh let's say, $160-$185 million, and a final box office gross of $775-$855 million. I put that max because not only is this the 3rd Iron-Man film, but it's also the first Marvel Studios movie since The Avengers, which no doubt, boosted all those characters popularity through the roof.

Bets for Thor: The Dark World are also welcomed. I'm predicting about $115-$130 million opening weekend, with a final gross of $575-$625 million worldwide.

Place your bets gentlemen. We shall refer back to this day opening weekend for Iron-Man 3, Thor: The Dark World and The Avengers 2.

Please feel free to place bets/estimations for Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Guardians of the Galaxy as well.
sKeemAn - 3/4/2013, 7:28 AM
Who doesn't want to see the story of Oz. This movie will do very well. This is the beginning of my movie year, with this one
Spideyguy94 - 3/4/2013, 7:47 AM
@teabag hahaha I heard about that. Although that would only ever happen in Bradford.
Coolkid - 3/4/2013, 7:58 AM
Glad to see these numbers for Oz...:)
If RDJ was there, it would've reached minimum 100 million for the opening weekend...!!!
alecwright - 3/4/2013, 8:10 AM
Kids must be the reason for such high 'tracking'. Because I can't imagine an adult seeing the commericals and being excited about this CG shitfest.
HeadCreeps - 3/4/2013, 8:24 AM
^agree alecwright
PhoenixKing - 3/4/2013, 8:55 AM
@alecwright Well you are pretty much wrong with your statement, because I know many adults, myself included, who are very excited about this film.
Hellsing - 3/4/2013, 9:02 AM
@MrYurMomm (I seriously hope your not talking about my mom) IM3, MOS and Star Trek are gonna make a billion guaranteed. You can quote me on this.
Chewtoy - 3/4/2013, 10:28 AM
@Hellsing: You might want to amend that billion dollar guarantee when it comes to "Star Trek". Abrams first effort in the franchise didn't even make it to $400m worldwide. Its total overseas box office was just $128m. People outside of the United States just didn't care in the least about it.

While it likely made some inroads in those markets, I certainly wouldn't guarantee it made enough to add more than $600m worth.
DrDoom - 3/4/2013, 11:06 AM
Honestly, everything I've seen of this film looks dumb. I'm more interested in who does this 'tracking' and how they do it.
MrYurMomm - 3/4/2013, 12:55 PM
@Hellsing

Of course not, why would I insult your mother? I just used my username from my YouTube account. I wanted a username that was contradictory, something that would/could give someone a chuckle. I also wanted "Mr" in it, so I thought of "MrYurMomm" since its like the ultimate contradiction. I use it for nearly everything that requires a username for almost 3 years now. Nothing personally directed towards you, and I'm sorry if you felt that way.

Now, onto what your predictions are. I wanna say Iron-Man 3 could pass a billion, but I just lowered my expectations, that way if it surpass my estimations, I wouldn't be wrong either way. It would've exceeded my expectations, you know?

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