Magic from Carell and Carrey Can't Make 'Oz' Disappear

Welcome to the Box Office Report, where Steve Carell's career was the only thing Burt Wonderstone ever made disappear. Poof! Just like that, it was gone. 

1. Oz: the Great and Powerful (Buena Vista): $42.2 million in 3,912 theaters [Week 2]

This is the new Hunger Games, folks. James Franco's Oz was the year's first movie to hit $100 million domestically, which it did in its first six days of release. Oz dominated again this weekend by bringing in just over half what it earned on opening weekend. Oz has now taken in roughly $281 million worldwide for no apparent reason other than shininess? Think about your life, world. Think about your choices.

But the real news this weekend is how embarrassing everything else did...

2. The Call (Sony): $17.1 million in 2,507 theaters

...except for Halle Berry in The Call! Which, what?! This first week return is a big surprise considering the budget was only $13 million and Barry hasn't had a hit since the Box Office Report was still in high school. (Seriously, her

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