Oz; The Great and Powerful
Box Office Weekend: Being “Crood” Not a Bad Thing
Oz the Great and Powerful finally met its match in not one, but two films released this weekend. The Croods got off to a rousing start with an estimated $44 million, proving itself a winner among audiences and critics. Olympus Has Fallen got mixed critical response, but with an estimated $30.5 million the so-called “Die Hard in the White House” had a better reception than the fifth Die Hard film, ...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Oz Remains Top Draw as Audiences Ignore the Other Films Behind the Curtain
Oz the Great and Powerful did it again; though it has yet to make up its costs domestically (the film cost $215 million), it is well on its way there, with a second week performance of an estimated $42.2 million. So far, the film has been a strong contender here and overseas, its $281.1 million in worldwide totals making it a solid blockbuster success. The Call cannot claim that level of success, ...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Oz Truly is the Great and Powerful with a Solid #1 at the Box Office
If there was to be any film to slay the mediocre Jack the Giant Slayer, it would be Oz the Great and Powerful, and the Sam Raimi-directed prequel did not disappoint; while it still has a long ways to go to make up its $215 million budget, it made a much better head start than the Bryan Singer-directed megaflop. Oz the Great and Powerful made an estimated $80.3 million, well ahead of any contender,...[Read More]
Movie Review: Oz the Great and Powerful
MGM’s 1939 movie musical The Wizard of Oz is beloved by generations of people and still regarded as a cinematic classic more than seventy years after its original release. As I imagine is the case for many people, the film was one of my earliest childhood memories related to movies, and I still love it to this day. With recognizable branded properties being more important than ever in Hollyw...[Read More]