Title Maleficent Overview The untold story of Disney's most iconic villain from the 1959 classic 'Sleeping Beauty'. A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. Maleficent rises to be the land's fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal – an act that begins to turn her heart into stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading King's successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom - and to Maleficent's true happiness as well. Tagline Don't believe the fairy tale. Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Action, Family, Romance Keywords fairy tale, villain, sleeping beauty, dark fantasy, based on fairy tale, adaptation, retelling, literary adaptation, 3d Production Companies Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Roth Films Production Countries United States of America Spoken Languages English Original Language en Runtime minutes 97 Release Year 2014
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 759 million USD