Disney ups box-office ante on "Oz" with massive foreign rollout

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Domestic box-office projections for the debut weekend of "Oz the Great and Powerful" are going as high as $85 million, and Disney's prequel to the 1939 classic could do even better than that overseas. The studio will roll out its 3D CGI extravaganza in nearly every major foreign territory this weekend - France comes next week, China on March 29 - and analysts say it could exceed its domestic haul at the international box office. It debuts Thursday in 27 territories, including Russia, Germany, Australia, South Korea and Italy. ...

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