{"id":3572,"date":"2014-06-02T09:56:44","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T13:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/?p=3572"},"modified":"2014-06-02T10:02:15","modified_gmt":"2014-06-02T14:02:15","slug":"disneys-maleficent-160m-worldwide-career-best-for-angelina-jolie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/2014\/06\/disneys-maleficent-160m-worldwide-career-best-for-angelina-jolie\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney&#8217;s Maleficent $170M Worldwide  Career Best for Angelina Jolie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em style=\"color: #454545;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3573\" src=\"http:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/maleficentopening-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"maleficentopening\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/maleficentopening-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/maleficentopening-150x104.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/maleficentopening.jpg 618w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><strong>Disney&#8217;s Maleficent<\/strong><\/em><span style=\"color: #454545;\">\u00a0debuted to a powerful $<\/span><span style=\"color: #454545;\">70 m<\/span><span style=\"color: #454545;\">illion from 3,948 theaters at the North American box office in a major win for star\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"color: #454545;\">Angelina Jolie\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #454545;\">and Disney. Overseas, the live-action fairy tale took in an impressive $100.6 million for a worldwide total of $170.6 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #454545;\">Jolie. \u00a0as the infamous sorceress from<em>Sleeping Beauty<\/em>\u00a0&#8212; marked the best opening of Jolie&#8217;s career. In North America, the movie bested the $60.2 million launch of\u00a0<em>Kung Fu Panda<\/em>\u00a0(2008), the $50.9 million grossed by\u00a0<em>Wanted<\/em>(2008) and the $50.3 million debut of\u00a0<em>Mr. &amp; Mrs. Smith<\/em>(2005).<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #454545;\">Observers believe\u00a0<em>Maleficent<\/em>\u00a0benefited greatly from targeting girls and moms, the same core audience that turned Disney&#8217;s<em>Frozen<\/em>\u00a0into a global Goliath. Females made up 60 percent of the audience, while 30 percent of ticket buyers were under the age of 18.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">The PG-rated fantasy beat forecasts to easily top all films over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. Though &#8220;Maleficent&#8221; was early on considered a risky endeavor for Disney that might turn away family audiences by retelling &#8220;Sleeping Beauty&#8221; from the villain&#8217;s perspective, the film emerged as a hit largely because of the draw of Jolie.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">Star power has been increasingly elusive in modern Hollywood, where name-brand concepts often rule the box-office. But Jolie, in her first live-action starring role in years, drove interest for &#8220;Maleficent&#8221; despite lackluster reviews from critics.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"color: #000000;\">Source: Deadline Hollywood<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disney&#8217;s Maleficent\u00a0debuted to a powerful $70 million from 3,948 theaters at the North American box office in a major win for star\u00a0Angelina Jolie\u00a0and Disney. Overseas, the live-action fairy tale took in an impressive $100.6 million for a worldwide total of $170.6 million. 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