"A Million Ways to Day in the West," $10.3 million international.ġ0. "X-Men: Days of Future Past," $171.1 million.Ħ. Final domestic figures will be released on Monday.ġ."Maleficent," $70 million, ($100.6 million international).Ģ."X-Men: Days of Future Past," $32.6 million ($95.6 million international).ģ."A Million Ways to Die in the West," $17.1 million ($10.3 million international).Ĥ."Godzilla," $12.2 million ($15 million international).Ħ."Neighbors," $7.7 million ($7.6 million international).ħ."The Amazing Spider-Man 2," $3.8 million ($4.1 million international).Įstimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at international theaters (excluding the U.S. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak. Next weekend will bring a battle between Shailene Woodley in the young adult novel adaptation "The Fault in Our Stars" and Tom Cruise in the sci-fi thriller "Edge of Tomorrow." "Edge of Tomorrow" got a jump on its North America release, taking in $20 million in 28 countries over the weekend.Įstimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. Robert Stromberg, the production designer for both earlier movies, makes his directorial debut with "Maleficent." "Maleficent" fell short of those releases, but it was made in the same lineage. "We're going to see more of this, where the villains are the new heroes."ĭisney has had success reimagining fairy tales in recent years with "Alice in Wonderland" ($116 million in 2010) and "Oz the Great and Powerful" ($79.1 million debut in 2013). "If you go to Disney, the longest lines are for the scariest rides," said Dergarabedian. "Maleficent" earned about $100 million internationally.
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Hollis credited the company's marketing department for "walking the fine line" of selling the movie to families (which made up 45 percent of the audience, according to Disney) and suggesting an edginess that would appeal to a broader audience. The film was a balancing act for Disney, which is used to churning out brighter tales. The character is completely linked to the person playing that role." "The whole movie kind of rises and sets on her performance," said Paul Dergarabedian, senior analyst for box-office tracker Rentrak. It's a somewhat steep decline for "Days of Future Past," but the film made $95.6 million internationally in its second week, good enough to push its global cumulative total passed $500 million already.īut "Maleficent" dominated the marketplace, which has seen female-leading films continually challenge the much-disputed but still prevalent notion that male stars fuel box office. Last weekend's top film, Fox's big-budget mutant sequel "X-Men: Days of Future Past," dropped to second with $32.6 million. By contrast, MacFarlane's "Ted" (for which he's making a sequel) opened with $54.4 million in 2012. Seth MacFarlane's Western comedy "A Million Ways to Die in the West" was out-gunned by "Maleficent." The R-rated Universal release opened in third place with a tepid $17.1 million despite a starry cast of Liam Neeson, Charlize Theron and Amanda Seyfried. "Her star power transcends borders and genre." "It's a unique thing," said Dave Hollis, head of distribution for Disney.
But Jolie, in her first live-action starring role in years, drove interest for "Maleficent" despite lackluster reviews from critics. Star power has been increasingly elusive in modern Hollywood, where name-brand concepts often rule the box-office.
Though "Maleficent" was early on considered a risky endeavor for Disney that might turn away family audiences by retelling "Sleeping Beauty" from the villain's perspective, the film emerged as a hit largely because of the draw of Jolie. The PG-rated fantasy beat forecasts to easily top all films over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The biggest box-office debut of Angelina Jolie's career propelled Disney's twisted fairy tale "Maleficent" to a scary-good $70 million opening.
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