Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

It's divisive. Only 67% of audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 50%.

Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of Oz where the inhabitants assume he's the great wizard of prophecy, there to save Oz from the clutches of evil. Wikipedia ↗

Oz the Great and Powerful is a 2013 American fantasy adventure directed by Sam Raimi, a prequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. James Franco stars as Oscar "Oz" Diggs, a small-time Kansas circus magician who is swept away by a tornado to the Land of Oz, where the inhabitants believe he is the great wizard prophesied to save them from the Wicked Witch. Oz must use his skills as a showman and illusionist — he has no real magic — to fulfill the prophecy while navigating the machinations of three witches played by Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, and Michelle Williams.

Sam Raimi's visual direction created a gorgeous, candy-colored Oz that paid homage to the 1939 classic through its shift from black-and-white Kansas to widescreen color upon arrival, using modern CGI to realize environments of spectacular beauty. The film earned $493 million worldwide on a $200 million budget. The film demonstrated Sam Raimi could successfully work within the Disney blockbuster framework while maintaining elements of his distinctive visual personality.