Thanks 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:
RANK | TITLE | DISTRIBUTOR NAME | WEEKEND REVENUE | CUME REVENUE | ||
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REVENUE | # OF LOCATIONS* | LOC AVG | ||||
1 | Maleficent | Disney | $70,000,000 | 3,948 | 17,730 | $70,000,000 |
2 | X-Men: Days Of Future Past | 20th Century Fox | $32,600,000 | 4,001 | 8,147 | $162,069,103 |
3 | Million Ways To Die In The West, A | Universal | $17,068,990 | 3,158 | 5,405 | $17,068,990 |
4 | Godzilla | Warner Bros. | $12,225,000 | 3,501 | 3,491 | $174,656,557 |
5 | Blended | Warner Bros. | $8,425,000 | 3,555 | 2,369 | $29,631,536 |
6 | Neighbors | Universal | $7,714,875 | 2,939 | 2,625 | $128,600,595 |
7 | Amazing Spider-Man 2, The | Sony | $3,775,000 | 2,152 | 1,754 | $192,732,297 |
8 | Million Dollar Arm | Disney | $3,700,000 | 2,329 | 1,588 | $28,097,000 |
9 | Chef | Open Road | $2,009,000 | 624 | 3,219 | $6,923,883 |
10 | Other Woman, The | 20th Century Fox | $1,425,000 | 1,114 | 1,279 | $81,112,148 |
11 | Belle | Fox Searchlight | $1,280,000 | 525 | 2,438 | $6,209,933 |
12 | Rio 2 | 20th Century Fox | $1,045,000 | 983 | 1,063 | $124,249,504 |