LOS ANGELES – A week after a near $200 million movie debuted with a flop, another big-budget 3-D film proved to be box office magic.

“Oz the Great and Powerful” enjoyed a far better opening than “Jack the Giant Slayer” did, launching with a robust $80.3 million in the United States and Canada over the weekend, according to an estimate from distributor Walt Disney Studios.

The newer film, which a person close to the movie said cost roughly $235 million to produce, had the biggest launch of the year not only domestically but also internationally. Overseas, “Oz” raked in a respectable $69.9 million from 46 markets.