The film is a family saga spanning two decades in the lives of two sisters, united and divided by a terrible secret - their love for the same man.

Also over the weekend, Maleficent passed up Disney's live-action fairy tale Oz the Great and Powerful, which grossed $493.3 million worldwide.

Protasiewicz arrived in Stepanakert on June 21 evening to hold meetings with representatives of the Nagorno Karabakh institutions.

The U.S. also promised it would provide 10 Apache attack helicopters for use by the army against militants in the Sinai peninsula.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Syrian troops had shelled nearby targets on the Syrian border earlier in the day.

"We believe the Iraqi government, nation and religious authorities are capable of ending the sedition," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said.