# Maleficent (film) will be a box office bomb. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 12, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maleficent-film-will-be-a-box-office-bomb/688296 "2014-05-12T19:13:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maleficent-film-will-be-a-box-office-bomb/688296/181 "2014-07-29T02:42:53Z")
30.4B Yen is exactly what Sage Rat said earlier. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maleficent-film-will-be-a-box-office-bomb/688296/182 "2014-07-29T03:15:29Z")
> [@pricciar](#): > > 30.4B Yen is exactly what Sage Rat said earlier. He also said $304 million, which is but I was questioning, but I think I see what they did: that appears to be at current exchange rates. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maleficent-film-will-be-a-box-office-bomb/688296/183 "2014-08-04T20:11:14Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > And as far as legs go, this won’t be like a kids’ animated movie, the 4x I mentioned above. Plus or minus 3x, probably a little minus with the upcoming slate of movies. So, that happened: this past weekend jumped _Maleficent_ over the 4x mark, ably grabbing _Gravity_’s blockbuster spot on the all-time box-office list. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maleficent-film-will-be-a-box-office-bomb/688296/184 "2014-08-04T23:04:29Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > So, that happened: this past weekend jumped _Maleficent_ over the 4x mark, ably grabbing _Gravity_’s blockbuster spot on the all-time box-office list. I know, right? I was completely wrong. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maleficent-film-will-be-a-box-office-bomb/688296/185 "2014-08-04T23:43:42Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I know, right? I was completely wrong. Yeah, I’d noticed that you’d noticed – but so long as I was gonna mention that it hit that milestone, I couldn’t resist throwing in the quote from upthread. By contrast, it’s now about to pass UP for Spot #60 on the all-time list – and I don’t figure on throwing in a quote from _anybody_ to mark that, because in the absence of a bizarrely specific remark to the contrary, what’s to copy-and-paste? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maleficent-film-will-be-a-box-office-bomb/688296/186 "2014-08-05T00:26:14Z")
Here, I’ll help you out: I don’t think there’s any chance that Maleficent will ever do nearly as well as, say, _Up_. There, now you’ve got someone to quote when it happens. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maleficent-film-will-be-a-box-office-bomb/688296/187 "2014-08-05T23:09:49Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I know, right? I was completely wrong. > [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Yeah, I’d noticed that you’d noticed – but so long as I was gonna mention that it hit that milestone, I couldn’t resist throwing in the quote from upthread. lol. Just to clarify, I meant “I know, right?” in the sense of - to quote the Urban Dictionary: > [@](#): > > An affirmation that you agree with or can relate to the preceding statement. It can be used whether the speaker actually knows or not, but in the latter case it usually means that the speaker can attribute the preceding statement to themselves as well. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maleficent-film-will-be-a-box-office-bomb/688296/188 "2014-08-06T00:00:11Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > lol. Just to clarify, I meant “I know, right?” in the sense of - to quote the Urban Dictionary: Sure, but you were all set either way once you noted – entendres aside – that _“Angelina Jolie has way longer legs than I expected.”_ Her blockbuster is undeniable. Be that as it may, glancing at who’s ahead of her on the all-time chart is kinda remarkable: you’ve got Daniel Craig as James Bond, and Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, and Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow – and if I’m being too subtle, Christian Bale as Bat_man,_ and Robert Downey Jr as Iron _Man,_ and Tobey Maguire as Spider-_Man_; whole lotta protagonist-with-a-_penis_ stories, is what I’m saying. Harry Potter _alone_ thusly makes the grade more than half-a-dozen times. So, y’know, full marks to Ms. Jolie for hanging with the big boys. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maleficent-film-will-be-a-box-office-bomb/688296/189 "2014-08-06T00:48:38Z")
It’s also now in the [Top 100 All-Time Domestic B.O. leaders](http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/domestic.htm) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maleficent-film-will-be-a-box-office-bomb/688296/190 "2014-08-09T02:28:33Z")
Just to make it official – with due regard to **Chronos** – the latest figures now place _Maleficent_ ahead of _Up_, in the top sixty on the all-time box-office list. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maleficent-film-will-be-a-box-office-bomb/688296/191 "2014-08-15T15:34:14Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > Just posting to note why I haven’t seen it yet: > I’m fortunate enough to have two good discount theaters near me, $2 per ticket. > _\_ > Any big Hollywood movie aimed at a wide audience will come to the discount theater. So, unless there’s something I’ve been dying to see (or unless it’s a niche film that won’t come to the discount theater) I always wait it out until the discount release. > _\_ > I’m starting to think it won’t be until the end of the summer that I get to see _Maleficent_. Aaaaaaand, _Maleficent_ is finally playing at the discount theaters, 11 weeks after its initial release. I’ll make a point of going to see it sometime over the next week (both the nearby discount theaters picked it up). > [@bienville](#): > > _Spider-man 2_, released 3 weeks before _Maleficent_ has been playing at the discount theater for a month now. _Godzilla_, released a week before _Maleficent_ has been playing at the discount theater for two weeks. This quote is from 4 weeks ago. So, to compare: _Spider-man 2_ and _Godzilla_ both took only 6 weeks before doing the rounds at the discount circuit. ---
**Author:** ![crazyjoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maleficent-film-will-be-a-box-office-bomb/688296/192 "2014-08-15T15:42:43Z")
Maleficent has been playing at the discount theater near me since Mid-July. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maleficent-film-will-be-a-box-office-bomb/688296/193 "2014-08-15T20:47:43Z")
Ah, folks 'round your parts must burn through movies quick, **crazyjoe**. Seems as I first made that “It’s still not in discount theaters yet” post, you had just then gotten it at your discount theater (give or take a week). A year or two ago, I started an “In Praise of Discount Theaters” Thread. Pretty much everyone who posted in that Thread said that they did not have any discount theaters in their area. So, I figured I had to be the SDMB’s sole discount theater watchdog. Do you make use of your local discount theater(s)? I love them. Much better than Netflixing or Redboxing the movies that you’re not excited about enough to pay the typical steep ticket prices. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maleficent-film-will-be-a-box-office-bomb/688296/194 "2014-08-18T22:29:00Z")
I saw it yesterday, and I thought it was lovely. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maleficent-film-will-be-a-box-office-bomb/688296/195 "2014-08-18T23:05:55Z")
While it’s now down to second-run theaters, this weekend’s returns put _Maleficent_ yet higher up the all-time box-office list: passing one of Keanu’s outings as Neo, and one of Pixar’s smash hits – each of 'em a sequel surpassing the original that fueled it, but neither of 'em a match for the new occupant of rung #58. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maleficent-film-will-be-a-box-office-bomb/688296/196 "2014-08-21T22:13:08Z")
Bumping to note that _Maleficent_ has now passed _X-Men: Days Of Future Past_ to become the second-biggest hit of the year (and reach #56 on the all-time list). ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maleficent-film-will-be-a-box-office-bomb/688296/197 "2014-08-21T23:04:44Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Bumping to note that _Maleficent_ has now passed _X-Men: Days Of Future Past_ to become the second-biggest hit of the year (and reach #56 on the all-time list). Maleficent is #4 for the year and is currently sitting behind Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Lego Movie, and Transformers: Age of Extinction. Guardians of the Galaxy will likely push it back down to #5 this weekend. > **[Domestic Box Office For 2014 - Box Office Mojo](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/2014/)** ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maleficent-film-will-be-a-box-office-bomb/688296/198 "2014-08-21T23:08:05Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Maleficent is #4 for the year and is currently sitting behind Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Lego Movie, and Transformers: Age of Extinction. Well, _domestically,_ yes. But _worldwide,_ what I just said. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maleficent-film-will-be-a-box-office-bomb/688296/199 "2014-09-02T22:59:25Z")
> [@blueslipper](#): > > I think about 120M in the USA and 250M worldwide. Bumping to note that it’s just now passed 750M worldwide. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maleficent-film-will-be-a-box-office-bomb/688296/200 "2014-09-03T23:22:48Z")
It will also go on to make more money than most movies do in the coming years and decades, the way all good children’s films do, especially Disney films, because Disney is brilliant at repackaging and reselling to new generations. And again, as a former little girl, I thought it was a lovely film and a lovely message, and I would have watched it a hundred times if it had been available when I was little. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maleficent-film-will-be-a-box-office-bomb/688296.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maleficent-film-will-be-a-box-office-bomb/688296.md?page=11)