'Oz' All Set For $75M+ Debut, 'Jack and the Giant Slayer' Drops 67% to $2.5M and 'Dead Man Down' is Dull

By FNN | March 10, 2013, 6:48am IST

Summary: Box office experts believe that Oz could surge upto $85M as the business would go up with weekend moviegoers; Jack and the Giant Slayer is falling flat because of Oz and Dead Man Down seems to be in demilitarized zone as it was too dull on its debut.

Disney's Fantasy Adventure Oz the Great and Powerful directed by Sam Raimi is expected to gross nett worth of $75 million Plus in North America alone as it topped Firday's chart with $24.1 Million.

However, Team at Disney has placed their expectations at a more humble spot, as they expect it to be in the range of $69 Million to $74 Million.

Whether this film surges or dips will be dependant on the weekends (friday through sunday) -- family moviegoers...

Oz the Great and Powerful is Disney's third best franchise with The Hunger Games and Alice in Wonderland being the other two.

'Oz the Great and Powerful' Budget

Production Cost:            $215 Million

Worldwide Marketing:    $85 Million

Total Cost to Disney:  $300 Million

 

Jack and the Giant Slayer fell flat 67% on its second friday to $2.5 Million from previous week's cumulative of $33 Million.

The film is expected to gross $10 million in this weekend putting its 10-day cumulative to $44 Million.

This weekend's another release Dead Man Down seems to be in a demilitarized zone at the moment as it was too dull on its maiden friday with only $1.8 Million debuted at No. 3 on the Daily Chart.

Weekend business for the movie could be in the range of $4 Million to $5 Million.

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