Reception Oz the Great and Powerful

1 reception

1.1 box office
1.2 critical response
1.3 accolades

reception
box office

oz great , powerful earned $234.9 million in united states , canada, , $258.4 million in other countries worldwide total of $493.3 million. worldwide, thirteenth-highest-grossing film of 2013. calculating in expenses, deadline.com estimated film made profit of $36.4 million. topped box office on worldwide opening weekend $149 million. before theatrical release, several media outlets reported oz great , powerful expected duplicate box office performance of 2010 s alice in wonderland. however, oz accumulated less half of alice s worldwide gross.

preliminary reports had film tracking $80–$100 million debut in north america. movie earned $2 million 9 p.m. showings on thursday night. opening day, oz great , powerful grossed $24.1 million, fourth-highest march opening day. during opening weekend, film topped box office $79.1 million, third-highest march opening weekend. despite film s solid debut, larger comparable titles, lagged behind alice in wonderland s opening ($116.1 million). film s 3-d share of opening weekend 53%. females made 52% of audience. surprisingly, though, families represented 41% of attendance, while couples accounted 43%. film retained first place @ box office during second weekend $41.3 million.

outside north america, film earned $69.9 million on opening weekend 46 territories. among markets, highest-grossing debuts achieved in russia , cis ($14.7 million), china ($9.06 million), france , maghreb region ($5.77 million). film s openings trailed alice in wonderland in major markets except russia , cis. retained first place @ box office outside north america second weekend. in total grosses, oz s largest countries russia , cis ($27.4 million), china ($25.9 million) , uk, ireland , malta ($23.4 million).

critical response

on review aggregator rotten tomatoes, oz great , powerful received approval rating of 59% based on 247 reviews, average rating of 6/10. site s critical consensus reads, suffers tonal inconsistency , deflated sense of wonder, oz great , powerful still packs enough visual dazzle , clever wit entertaining in own right. on metacritic film holds score of 44 out of 100, based on 42 critics, indicating mixed average reviews . audiences polled cinemascore gave film average grade of b+ on a+ f scale.

kim newman, writing empire, gave film 4 out of 5 stars , said, if there post-harry potter children don t know or care wizard of oz, might @ sea story not-very-nice grownup in magic land, long-term oz watchers enchanted , enthralled … mila kunis gets gold star excellence in bewitchery , sam raimi can settle securely behind curtain mature master of illusion. critic alonso duralde admired movie: oz great , powerful thoroughly effective both on own terms , prequel 1 of beloved movies ever made indicates team has magic match witch or wizard. leonard maltin on indiewire claimed no movie ever can, or will, replace 1939 s wizard of oz, taken on own terms, eye-filling fantasy entertaining riff on how wizard of immortal film found way oz. ign rated film 7.8 , said, film expansive , larger-than-life in scope , performances, overall. franco in particular hams , playing balcony … 3d utilized should in children s fantasy epic such – overtly, skill. snowflakes, music boxes , mysterious animals leap through screen towards audience story unfolds.

justin chang of variety had mixed reaction, writing film gets mileage out of game performances, luscious production design , unfettered enthusiasm director sam raimi brings thin, simplistic origin story. compared film s scale star wars prequel trilogy adding, in real sense, oz great , powerful has kinship george lucas s star wars prequels, in way presents beautiful borderline-sterile digital update of world richer, purer , lot more fun in lower-tech form. here, too, actors artificially superimposed against cg backdrops, though intensity of fakery generates own visual fascination. /film rated film 7 out of 10, saying had many charms while considering army of darkness: (normal guy lands in magical land, forced go on quest save land.) when see raimi s kinetic, signature style starting unleash, story forces film disney shell play masses. re left film s entertaining, little scarier d expect, extremely inconsistent.

richard roeper, writing roger ebert, noted film s omnipresent visual effects largely disappointed performance of cast members; … to see williams bland , sugary glinda, , kunis flat , ineffectual heartsick theodora … marshall fine of huffington post unimpressed, writing, oh, s exciting enough six-year-old; older, however, have been exposed on tv, @ movies , on internet seem visual cotton-candy. sophisticated grade-schooler find these doings weak , overblown. similarly, todd mccarthy criticized characterization, writing film s supporting cast can t begin compare equivalents in original … burden rests entirely upon franco , williams, dialogue exchanges repetitive , feel tentative. entertainment weekly agreed, giving film c+ , saying miscast franco lacks humor, charm, , gee-whiz wonder re meant feel trades wisecracks flying monkey … , soars above field of poppies in giant soap bubble. if s not enchanted, how supposed be? , complaining while raimi s oz retinal crack, never seduces our hearts , minds. alisha coelho of in.com gave movie 2.5 stars, saying oz great , powerful doesn t leave lasting impression, a-ok watch.

accolades