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Oz the Great and Powerful Debuts to Massive $80 Million Opening Weekend

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11:40 am, March 10th, 2013

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(Disney)

Oz the Great and Powerful dominated the weekend box office, scoring the third-biggest March domestic opening in history.

The pseudo-prequel to The Wizard of Oz, starring James Franco, earned approximately $80.3 million in its debut, giving the fantasy-adventure a gigantic win over the field.

Only The Hunger Games (2012) and Alice in Wonderland (2010) have had bigger March debuts.

Last weekend’s champ, Jack the Giant Slayer, slid to the #2 spot with $10 million, while the Jason Bateman–Melissa McCarthy comedy Identity Thief continued to do solid business with $6.3 million in its fifth week of release.

Dead Man Down opened to $5.4 million, just ahead of holdover Snitch at $5.1 million and college romp 21 & Over at $5 million.

Safe Haven and Silver Linings Playbook are in a virtual tie for seventh place with approximately $3.7 million apiece.

The Top 10 chart should round out with the animated Escape from Planet Earth ($3.2 million) and The Last Exorcism Part II ($3.1 million).

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Jack the Giant Slayer Climbed to Top of Box Office

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8:00 am, March 3rd, 2013

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(Warner Bros.)

Jack the Giant Slayer debuted at the top of another relatively weak box office weekend.

The fantasy adventure, starring Nicholas Hoult, earned $26 million for first place.

That was enough to comfortably put it ahead of second position finisher Identity Thief, which had $9.6 million in ticket sales.

Nabbing third was 21 & Over, which had a take of $9.1 million.

The Last Exorcism Part II and Dwayne Johnson’s Snitch came in fourth and fifth places with $7.9 million and $7.5 million, respectively.

Rounding out the Top 10 were the animated Escape From Planet Earth ($6.7 million), Safe Haven ($6.2 million), the Oscar-winning Silver Linings Playbook ($5.8 million), A Good Day to Die Hard ($4.5 million), and the sci-fi thriller Dark Skies ($3.5 million).

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Jack the Giant Slayer Climbs to Top of Box Office

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2:12 pm, March 2nd, 2013

BOX OFFICE

(Warner Bros.)

Jack the Giant Slayer will debut atop another relatively weak box office weekend.

The fantasy adventure starring Nicholas Hoult is expected to earn approximately $24 million, according to estimates, which would put it comfortably ahead of last week’s champ Identity Thief ($9.2 million), as well as new releases 21 & Over ($8.5 million) and The Last Exorcism Part II ($8 million).

Dwayne Johnson’s Snitch is tracking toward a fifth place finish at roughly $7 million.

It’s a tightly packed chart after that.

The romance Safe Haven is neck-and-neck with both the Oscar-winning Silver Linings Playbook and the animated Escape From Planet Earth.

All three movies are expected to earn about $6 million.

A Good Day to Die Hard should be in the #9 spot with $4.2 million or so, followed by the sci-fi thriller Dark Skies at $3.5 million.

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