Disney’s live-action take on the famous fairy tale Cinderella grossed an estimated USD 70.1 million at the North American box office. The movie starring lily James has a bigger opening than Disney’s Maleficent (USD 69.4 million) despite the fact that the 2014 movie has a more famous female lead, Angelina Jolie. Overseas, the film raked in USD 62.4 million for a worldwide total of USD 132.5 million.
Attached to the screenings of Cinderella is animated short Frozen Fever, which features the Frozen (2013) characters. This provided a double dose of family entertainment, especially after a string of R-rated films in recent weeks. Run All Night, the latest action film starring liam Neeson, entered the chart at number two with an estimated USD 11 million. It is a weak debut compared to Neeson’s Tak3n, which opened to USD 39.2 million in January.