Romantic drama The Fault in our Stars,a love story about teenagers who meet at a cancer support group did wellat the North American box office, industry estimates showed yesterday.
The movie, based on a popular young adult novel by John Green, raked in $48.2 million in its opening weekend, pushing last week’s number one Maleficent down to the number two slot.
Maleficent — starring and produced by megastar Angelina Jolie — is a modern retelling of the life of Sleeping Beauty’s arch-nemesis. The wicked witch who has haunted generations of children earned a still impressive $33.5 million in its second weekend in theaters, industry tracker Exhibitor Relations said.
