5 April 2013 5:26 PM, PDT | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »

Coming off a truly terrible February, the box office rebounded a bit in March. Total domestic grosses came in around $828 million, which makes it only the third March ever to amass over $800 million. Still, it was off 12 percent from last March's record*that drop can be entirely accounted for with The Hunger Games effect*and year-to-date box office remains down 12 percent.Oz The Great and Powerful led the way in March with $198.4 million, which is more than twice as much as any other title. It got off to a very good $79.1 million start on the second weekend of the month, and that remains by-far the highest opening of the year so far. Unfortunately, through its first 24 days, Oz was around $95 million behind Alice in Wonderland, and it will close with over $100 million less. That'd be fine if it was doing great business overseas, but it's going to wind up with »

- Ray Subers <mail@boxofficemojo.com>

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