Disney's Maleficent debuted atop the weekend box office with an estimated $70 million.

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The Angelina Jolie-starring fantasy film dethroned reigning champ X-Men: Days of Future Past and crushed fellow new release A Million Ways to Die in the West . Maleficent, a riff on Disney's Sleeping Beauty, also earned $100.6 million in its overseas bow.The western comedy A Million Ways, directed by and starring Seth MacFarlane, bowed in third place with a less than expected $17.1 million. MacFarlane's previous film, Ted, opened to $54.5 million back in 2012.Last weekend's champ, X-Men: Days of Future Past, slipped to second place with $32.6 million, a drop of about 64% from its opened weekend. The Bryan Singer-directed sequel's current domestic total is $162.1 million; globally, Days of Future Past's tally now stands at $500.2 million and counting, making it the highest-grossing entry in the X-Men franchise (not adjusted for inflation).Here are the weekend estimates via Rentrak Listen to the Keepin' It Reel podcast to find out what our weekend predictions were!