Cinderella's opening number compares with £3.59m including £976,000 in previews for Snow White and the Huntsman three years ago, and £6.59m including previews of £2.77m for Maleficent last May.
1. Maleficent, $70m2.. X-Men: Days of Future Past, $32.6m.
12. Maleficent, "Sleeping Beauty" Maleficent has a seemingly unlimited arsenal of powers and really only curses Princess Aurora, because she's not invited to a christening.
This time around, there's been nothing quite like that, with a still-buoyant How to Train Your Dragon 2 (£17.6m so far) and Maleficent (£18.5m) the top family titles.
Moreover, the apparent safe, warm comfort blanket of Maleficent 2 might prove to be a mirage.
Now Disney has greenlit Maleficent 2, with Jolie set to return.
Maleficent 2 joins a slate of forthcoming Disney live-action sequels and remakes that draw on the studio's animated back catalogue.
The 16-year-old "Maleficent" star raved about her co-star in V Magazine's Summer Issue, admitting that Brad Pitt's lady is truly one of a kind.
The much anticipated wedding news was delivered Thursday via the Associated Press by a spokesman for the "Maleficent" star, 39, and the actor, 50.
Apparently, Disney decided to make the film after seeing the success of its recent live-action remakes, including "The Jungle Book," "Maleficent," and 2017's much buzzed-about "Beauty and the Beast" movie, starring Emma Watson.
Even Disney, even in the past 12 months, has given us Maleficent and a little film called Frozen.
