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‘Maleficent’ Conquers The Box Office

MaleficentThanks in large part to girls and women, Maleficent debuted to a powerful $70 million from 3,948 theaters at the North American box office in a major win for star Angelina Jolie and Disney. Overseas, the live-action fairy tale took in an impressive $100.6 million for a worldwide total of $170.6 million.

The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, June 1 are as follows:

RANKTITLEDISTRIBUTOR NAMEWEEKEND REVENUECUME REVENUE
REVENUE# OF LOCATIONS*LOC AVG
1MaleficentDisney$70,000,0003,94817,730$70,000,000
2X-Men: Days Of Future Past20th Century Fox$32,600,0004,0018,147$162,069,103
3Million Ways To Die In The West, AUniversal$17,068,9903,1585,405$17,068,990
4GodzillaWarner Bros.$12,225,0003,5013,491$174,656,557
5BlendedWarner Bros.$8,425,0003,5552,369$29,631,536
6NeighborsUniversal$7,714,8752,9392,625$128,600,595
7Amazing Spider-Man 2, TheSony$3,775,0002,1521,754$192,732,297
8Million Dollar ArmDisney$3,700,0002,3291,588$28,097,000
9ChefOpen Road$2,009,0006243,219$6,923,883
10Other Woman, The20th Century Fox$1,425,0001,1141,279$81,112,148
11BelleFox Searchlight$1,280,0005252,438$6,209,933
12Rio 220th Century Fox$1,045,0009831,063$124,249,504

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