Box Office Bet - Maleficent or Million?

Last week's movie releases seemed obvious that X-Men: Days of Future Past would surpass any other film at the box office, but these next two films are a little tough to predict. Opening tomorrow are Disney's Maleficent and Seth MacFarlane's western comedy A Million Ways To Die In The West. Now both films are expected to do well over the weekend, considering that Maleficent is based off of Sleeping Beauty and it's, well, from Disney, and Million is MacFarlane's second feature film after Ted, which made half a billion dollars(!). The main question is, which movie will end up first?

Maleficent has been anticipated since last year's Comic-Con and D23 Expo. Some highlights of the film are Disney (again), Sleeping Beauty, its visual tone (which looks arrestingly great), and, of course, Angelina Jolie. So, my guess is that this will reign at number one with, maybe, over $60 million. As for Million, I'm pretty sure it won't reach the same success as Ted, but it certainly won't be a bomb...financially anyway, because it hasn't been sitting well with critics, neither has Maleficent.

All the other films from last week will drop decently, but X-Men: DOFP might stay at number two, possibly number one, but I doubt it. Basically, I think Monday's top three results will look something like this:

1. Maleficent - Over $60 million
2. X-Men: Days of Future Past - Over $30 million
3. A Million Ways To Die In The West - $20-30 million

It's been a tough and record-breaking month for movies, and it's just the start, so we'll see how it goes.