Disney's new live action film "Cinderella" topped the box office last weekend, opening more opportunities for Disney to produce more live version films.
After the film was released on March 13, the movie has got an estimated domestic gross of $70 million and an estimated foreign gross of $62 million, reaching an estimated total gross of $132.
As per The Movie Times, fantasy-adventure film "Cinderella" ranked number one in the weekend box office covering March 13 to 15.
"Cinderella" was spearheaded by Kenneth Branagh, along with Allison Shearmur, Barry Waldman, David Barron, Simon Kinberg, and Tm Leis as producers.
The film stars Lily James as Cinderella, Richard Madden as the Prince, Cate Blanchett as Lady Tremaine, the Stepmother, Helena Bonham Carter as the Fairy Godmother, Holliday Grainger as Anastasia, Sophie McShera as Drisella, Derek Jacobi as the King, and Stellan Skarsgard as the Grand Duke. "Cinderella" put emphasis on the values of courage and kindness, amidst adversity.
The action-drama film "Run All Night" comes at top two. The film was directed by Jaumer Collet-Serra, with Roy Lee, Michael Tadross, and Brooklyn Weaver as producers and Brad Ingelsby as writer.
The film stars Liam Nelson as Jimmy Conlon, Ed Harris as Shawn Magquire, and Joel Kinnaman as Mike Conlon. The story plot centers on Jimmy Conlon, an aging hitman whose loyalty is tested between his estranged son Mike and his former boss Shawn Maguire.
At the third spot is the action-adventure film "Kingsman: The Secret Service". The film was piloted by Matthew Vaughn, with Adam Bohling and David Reid as co-producers.
Starring Colin Firth as Harry Hart, Taron Egerton as Gary "Eggsy" Unwin, and Samuel Jackson as Valentine, the film follows the recruitment and preparation of Gary Unwin as a secret agent in a secret spy organization. The mission of the team is to wrestle a threat from wealthy eco-terrorist Richmond Valentine.
Other movies that made it to the top ten are "Focus" in the fourth spot, starring Will Smith, Margot Robbie, and Rodrigo Santoro; "Chappie" as top five, starring Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, and Hugh Jackman; "The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" stands in the sixth spot, starring Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, and Bill Nighy; "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water" ranks in the seventh spot, starring Tom Kenny, Antonio Banderas, and Bill Fagerbakke.
"McFarland" is the top eight, starring Kevin Costner, Maria Bello, and Ramiro Rodriguez while "American Sniper" gets the ninth spot, starring Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, and Kyle Gallner; Finally, "The DUFF" stands as the top ten, starring Mae Whitman, Bella Thorne, and Robbie Amell.
Disney's distribution chief Dave Hollis shared his thoughts in Variety about the path Disney is heading.
"It's all part of a bigger, broader strategy to bring these stories to life in unique and extraordinary ways," Hollis said. "There are two paths we've been taking lately. It's either, 'How do you tell a story you love in brand new ways,' as we did with "Maleficent" or "Oz," or 'How do we make the quintessential live action version as we did with 'Cinderella?'"
After "Cinderella"'s great success, Disney is taking another step to follow the fairy tale with more live action film versions, including "Beauty and the Beast", "Dumbo", and "The Jungle Book".
Disney's "Cinderella" is showing in theaters and cinemas.