NEW YORK — “Oz the Great and Powerful” is living up to its name at the box office.

Walt Disney’s 3-D blockbuster led all films for the second week in a row, taking in $42.2 million according to studio estimates Sunday. Sam Raimi’s prequel to the L. Frank Baum classic “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” also took in $46.6 million overseas, leading to a two-week worldwide total of $281.8 million.

In a winter of underperforming releases, that makes “Oz” easily the biggest hit of 2013 so far.

“Boy, did we need it,” said Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for Hollywood.com. “There have been a lot of box-office casualties this year. This is the shot in the arm that we needed, but we’re still waiting for the marketplace to gain some sort of momentum.”

The box office is down nearly 13 percent from 2012.

Among the weekend’s debuts, the Halle Berry thriller “The Call” far exceeded expectations with a $17.1 million opening for Sony and TriStar Pictures. The Steve Carell magician comedy “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone” fared worse, opening with a disappointing $10.3 million.

1. “Oz the Great and Powerful,” $42.2 million. ($46.6 million international.)

2. “The Call,” $17.1 million.

3. “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone,” $10.3 million.

4. “Jack the Giant Slayer,” $6.2 million.

5. “Identity Thief,” $4.5 million.

6. “Snitch,” $3.5 million.

7. “21 and Over,” $2.6 million.

8. “Silver Linings Playbook,” $2.6 million.

9. “Safe Haven,” $2.5 million.

10. “Escape From Planet Earth,” $2.3 million.