'Maleficent' Is 2014's Only Non-Superhero Film to Cross $600M
Mark  Angelina Jolie in Disney's ''Maleficent'' Image: Disney
On an average summer at the movies, you'd see a healthy mix of
properties raking in some serious money. With the multitude of
options one traditionally has during this time of year, records
are broken left and right, and the high-water mark is usually
set at a breakneck pace. Unfortunately, this summer's options
haven't been as diverse as audiences would like, which has
resulted in a glut of superhero films ruling the box office
roost. However, there's one movie that's slowly worked its way
to the top of the non-comic book heap, and it's the only movie
of its type to cross $600 million this summer: Angelina
Jolie's Maleficent.  According to Box Office Mojo, the Disney
fairy tale picture has just crossed the $600 million mark with
an international gross of about $602 million. That's right, in
the same summer that delivered us a young adult literature hit
overnight, several sequels to rat