Blanca Blanco dresses up as Angelina Jolie in Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil... as the film takes in $153 million worldwide on opening weekend

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 October 2019 03:32

          Blanca Blanco is getting into the Halloween spirit even though the spooky holiday is 10 days off. Over the weekend, the Mission Possible actress dressed up as Maleficent, just as the Angelina Jolie sequel rolled out.The Disney movie, which also starred Elle Fanning and Michelle Pfeiffer, made an impressive $153M worldwide over the weekend.Blanco really nailed the look of the Mistress of Evil as she wore high black horns with a widow's peak and a feather collar cape with her bare tummy showing.The shoot location was Century City and the images were taken by her friend, Serbian makeup artist and photographer Mina Abramovic.Blanca explained to DailyMail.com why she wanted to dress up as the Disney villain. 'Angelina one of my favorite actress. Not only she is talented but she is so beautiful and but I love her humanitarian work. She has done so much for refugees and is one of the most respected voices in the UN,' said Blanca.'I started following Angelina's work after seeing Girl Interrupted. After that I would bring monologues from that movie into my theater classes.'Maleficent 2 was produced by Walt Disney Pictures, directed by Joachim Rønning, and written by Linda Woolverton, Micah Fitzerman-Blue, and Noah Harpster.It is a sequel to the 2014 film Maleficent and also stars Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, and Lesley Manville.Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ed Skrein are new characters. Jolie signed on to the sequel in April 2016. Rønning, who co-directed Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) for Disney, was hired to direct the film in October 2017. Filming took place at Pinewood Studios in England.According to the Hollywood Reporter, 'Maleficent 2's fate will now largely depend upon its performance overseas, where the first film made 68 percent of its total haul. 'The $185 million sequel bowed to $117 million from 56 material markets for an early worldwide total of $153 million, the third-biggest global start ever for the month of October. China led with $22.4 million, 15 percent ahead of the first film's start (in a surprise upset, Maleficent 2 beat Gemini Man, which started off with $21 million in China).''Overall, we are seeing a solid start for the film around the world, although it's not as strong as we hoped for domestically. But we have a nice run up to Halloween and the audience reaction has been very positive,' says Disney distribution chief Cathleen Taff.Maleficent: Mistress of Evil was released in the United States on October 18, 2019, and has grossed $153 million worldwide. 

 source : Daily mail