Cinderella Sprints Past Run All Night for Weekend Box Office
Disney's live action remake of animated classic Cinderella earned 70.1 million to grab the top spot at the weekend box office, handily beating Liam Neeson's latest, Run All Night, which earned a disappointing 11 million. , Cinderella, which stars Cate Blanchett as the stepmother, is the latest in a string of Disney remakes to transform animation into live action with financial success, Variety reports. Both Maleficent and Alice in Wonderland performed well at the box office in recent years the studio has similar plans for Beauty and the Beast and Dumbo. Run All Night, which was largely panned by top critics, entered a box office that may have been over saturated with action films starring Neeson he starred in Taken 3, which hit theaters in January, as well as last year's Non-Stop. Colin Firth's Kingsman The Secret Service finished third with 6.2 million, crossing the 100 million mark in total earnings, while Will Smith's heist film Focus finished fourth with 5.8 million. The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel rounded out the top 5 with 5.7 million. Variety