"Oz" Tops Box Office for Second Straight Weekend
Disney's Oz: The Great and Powerful notched its second straight weekend atop the box office, according to data from media measurement firm Rentrak, placing No. 1 in sales both domestically and internationally this past weekend.
Oz, Disney's take on the classic film The Wizard of Oz, recorded more than $42 million in the U.S. and more than $46 million overseas over the weekend, bringing its cumulative worldwide total to more than $281 million, according to Rentrak.
The Call, Sony's action film that debuted this past weekend, scored second place at the domestic box office by pulling in $17.1 million in the U.S. The film ranked third worldwide despite debuting only in the United States.
A Good Day to Die Hard, the latest Die Hard installment distributed by News Corp subsidiary 20th Century Fox, ranked second at the worldwide box office this past weekend with sales of more than $21.5 million. The film has now brought in more than $266 million overall during its worldwide theatrical run and crossed the $200 million international sales mark this past weekend.
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