'Maleficent' casts spell on North American box office

2014/06/01 19:52:03 @Entertainment News Headlines — Yahoo! News

Angelina Jolie & #039;s & quot;Maleficent, & quot; the modern retelling of the life of Sleeping Beauty & #039;s arch-nemesis, worked its magic on audiences over the weekend, debuting at the top of the North American box office, industry estimates showed Sunday. Meanwhile, & quot;X-Men: Days of Future Past, & quot; a time-bending movie that brought in $110.6 million over Memorial Day weekend, sank to second place with only $32.6 million in its second weekend out. And cowboy comedy & quot;A Million Ways to Die in the West, & quot; which stars comedian Seth MacFarlane as a sheep farmer in 1880s Arizona, debuted in third place with $17.1 million. The movie features & quot;Breaking Bad & quot; star Bryan Cranston as a tortured Japanese-speaking scientist battling to save humanity from the looming creature.
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