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27% Dumb and Dumber To

88% Big Hero 6

74% Interstellar

84% Beyond the Lights

88% Gone Girl
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‘Dumb and Dumber To’ On Top With $38.1 Million

Jim Carrey is back on top.

The comedian has struggled at the box office in recent years, but by revisiting one of his most beloved comedies two decades after it hit screens, Carrey has scored his biggest hits in years with “Dumb and Dumber Too.” The cinematic adventures of a pair of dim bulbs shone brightly at the box office this weekend, picking up an estimated $38.1 million across 3,154 locations.

Despite the strong showing, “Dumb and Dumber To” had to fight for first place with last weekend’s champ, “Big Hero 6.” The Disney animated film crossed the $100 million mark. It fell 36% from its opening, picking up $36 million across 3,773 screens. Its total stands at $111.6 million after two weeks.

“Interstellar” also showed impressive staying power. Christopher Nolan’s space adventure fell less than 40% in its second weekend, adding $29.2 million to its pot and driving its domestic total to $97.8 million. The strong holds bode well for “Interstellar” and “Big Hero 6,” signaling they could continue to generate robust ticket sales throughout the Thanksgiving holiday.

“Dumb and Dumber To’s” big numbers and “Big Hero 6″ and “Interstellar’s” endurance helped the overall box office trump the year ago period, with ticket sales up more than 10% from the same weekend in 2013 when “Thor: The Dark World” topped the leaderboard for a second week.

“The weekend was a perfect harmony of blockbusters and smaller more intimate awards season films,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Rentrak.

The weekend’s other fresh wide release, “Beyond the Lights” earned $6.5 million from 1,789 theaters. The story of a suicidal pop star who falls in love with a member of her security detail fell short of tracking which had pegged an opening between $8 million to $10 million. It’s the latest in a string of box office disappointment for Relativity Media, which has fielded whiffs such as “The Best of Me,” “Earth to Echo” and “Brick Mansions” in recent months.

One thing that should cushion the blow is that “Beyond the Lights” is inexpensive, carrying a mere $7 million production budget. It marks the kick off of Relativity’s new multicultural division, which is being run by “Barbershop” producer Matt Alvarez. To that end, the opening weekend crowd was 61% female and 49% African American. The studio hopes that the A Cinemascore ranking can help “Beyond the Lights” hang in there and draw audiences in future weekends.

In the case of “Dumb and Dumber To,” absence bred fondness. In addition to Carrey, original star Jeff Daniels returned along with directors Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly. Their reunion is well positioned to be a profitable hit for its backers. Red Granite Pictures put up the $40 million production budget and Universal Pictures is distributing the film.

“‘The Dumb and Dumber’ original audiences who grew with this for the years, they were there, but it was also something young people had on their radar,” said Nikki Rocco, Universal Pictures distribution chief.

Rocco noted that there hadn’t been a broad comedy in theaters since “Let’s Be Cops” debuted in August, so there was pent-up demand from moviegoers eager for a laugh.

“The stars aligned with this release date,” said Rocco.

The opening weekend crowd was 55% male and 57% aged 25 and older. It marks Carrey’s biggest debut since 2003′s “Bruce Almighty” and the best showing of the Farrelly brothers’ career.

Box office veterans “Gone Girl” and “St. Vincent” nabbed fifth and sixth place on the box office chart, picking up $4.6 million and $4 million, respectively. “Gone Girl” has made $152.7 million since opening last month, while “St. Vincent” has earned more than $30 million. Also still kicking around, “Fury” nabbed another $3.8 million, bringing its domestic take to $75.9 million.

In limited release, Sony Pictures Classics debuted true-life murder tale “Foxcatcher” to $288,113 on 6 screens. That’s a sterling $48,019 per-screen average and bodes well for the indie label’s rollout plans for the Academy Awards contender. The company also expanded another Oscar hopeful, “Whiplash,” from 88 screens to 419, picking up $800,509. That brings its total to $2.5 million.

“The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart tried his hand at directing with the “Rosewater,” the true story of journalist Maziar Bahari and his imprisonment and torture in Iran. Released by Open Road, the film did $1.2 million of business from 371 locations in its initial weekend of release.

Open Road’s Jason Cassidy said that Stewart was crucial to the film’s success, talking it up on “The Daily Show” and consenting to a rigorous publicity tour. The plan is to stay in roughly the same number of theaters for now, as “Rosewater” tries to rise above the steady stream of adult dramas in the marketplace.

“It’s certainly a great market for quality movies,” said Jason Cassidy, Open Road’s chief marketing officer. “It’s a tough market, absolutely, but this is a solid start and the picture can build from here.”

“The Homesman” a revisionist western courtesy of Tommy Lee Jones, another director better known for his in front of the camera work, picked up $48,033 from four theaters for an an estimated per-screen average of $12,033. Roadside Attractions and Saban Films are releasing the film which centers on a frontier woman (Hilary Swank) escorting three insane women across rugged terrain.

Two Best Picture frontrunners, “Theory of Everything” and “Birdman,” benefitted from strong word-of-mouth. Focus Features’ “Theory of Everything,” the story of astrophysicist Stephen Hawking’s love affair with his first wife, expanded from five theaters to 41 locations, earning $738,000 for a per theater average of $18,000. It has made more than $1 million in two weeks.

Fox Searchlight’s “Birdman” also impressed, earning $2.4 million in 857 theaters, up from 460 the previous week. The gonzo showbiz sendup has made $11.6 million in limited release.

On the opposite end of the prestige spectrum, Samuel Goldwyn Films released “Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas” across 410 screens, where it earned north of $1 million. The studio will continue expanding the film throughout December.

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[Maninthemirror]

Pretty good hold for interstellar for a movie this divisive production budget is locked and 500 million ww plus is likely

Dumber and dumber 2 only big due to nostalgia factor

 

[And_Gignac]

But wasnt Interstellar "trouncing" Big Hero 6?

Birdman needs a wider release asap.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

I don't think that's any sort of percievable reality is it?

Gone Girl has legs. Damn.

 

[Mr.Swag]

Dumb and Dumber looked unpredictable.
I was guessing $32 million tops, surprised it almost hit $40.

 

[mreddie]

Gone Girl still not gone, this is gonna win some awards soon.

 

[Henry Jones Jr]

Surprised by Dumb and Dumber, I thought it would bomb pretty hard. After seeing it though, I'm happy its doing well. I laughed much more than I expected to.

 

[kswiston]

But wasnt Interstellar "trouncing" Big Hero 6?

On some of the week days, but that is normal for family films vs adult films.

Family films have huge Saturday and Sundays comparatively though.

 

[Ken Masters]

Always funny to read GAF movie executives talk movie business.

 

[Akahige]

Look at Gone Girl, love that it's doing that good.

I wonxer how big the Dumber drop will be next week.

 

[berzeli]

Both Gone Girl and Nightcrawler are doing really well, like I'm honestly shocked at how well they are doing. Two R rated dramas that don't really offer anything in terms of visual spectacle, makes me really happy to see audiences taking them to heart.

 

[max-pain]

Interstellar

Domestic: $97,810,000
Foreign: $224,100,000
Worldwide: $321,910,000

 

[Maninthemirror]

Interstellar actually increased 55% in its 2nd weekend in South Korea and has he biggest opening for an nolan movie in China. I think we might see a 30 - 70 split domestic - international in gross

 

[kswiston]

Interstellar actually increased 55% in its 2nd weekend in South Korea and has he biggest opening for an nolan movie in China. I think we might see a 30 - 70 split domestic - international in gross

30/70 split won't be too hard, since Interstellar is probably heading towards $175M or so domestic.

 

[vinnygambini]

Interstellar

Domestic: $97,810,000
Foreign: $224,100,000
Worldwide: $321,910,000

$650-700 million WW seems feasible.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

The lack of 60 and 70% drops just means that the summer is over, right? There aren't even any 50% drops in the top 10.

 

[kswiston]

$650-700 million WW seems feasible.

It won't be that high.

Interstellar made $92M overseas since last weekend. $42M of that was in China. South Korea accounted for $20M since last Sunday. That points to pretty poor holds elsewhere.

 

[The Lone Courier]

Suprised about Dumb and Dumber. I thought it would have made alot more.

 

[max-pain]

It won't be that high.

Interstellar made $92M overseas since last weekend. $42M of that was in China. South Korea accounted for $20M since last Sunday. That points to pretty poor holds elsewhere.

No, it made $144M since last weekend (It was $80M).

 

[Travo]

Interstellar had a stellar second weekend.

 

[El Topo]

$650-700 million WW seems feasible.

That seems too high, if you compare it e.g. to Guardians of the Galaxy.

 

[gatti-man]

Glad interstellar isnt doing well. The movie was not good. Hopefully Nolan will refocus and continue to be amazing.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

Good hold for BH6 and Interstellar.

 

[Blablurn]

Interstellar was surprisingly good I have to admit.

 

[Maninthemirror]

Glad interstellar isnt doing well. The movie was not good. Hopefully Nolan will refocus and continue to be amazing.

But it is .

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

Mockinjay is days away!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[BronsonLee]

Big Hero 6 deserves all your goddamn money.

 

[John Dunbar]

But it is .

it's making decent money, sure, but we can only hope that all the people who pay to see it will finally realize what a fraud nolan is.

 

[Maninthemirror]

it's making decent money, sure, but we can only hope that all the people who pay to see it will finally realize what a fraud nolan is.

Lol explain

 

[Kraftwerk]

it's making decent money, sure, but we can only hope that all the people who pay to see it will finally realize what a fraud nolan is.

If you don't like him then its fine, but why is he a fraud? Honestly curious.

 

[HK-47]

it's making decent money, sure, but we can only hope that all the people who pay to see it will finally realize what a fraud nolan is.

Who is we?

 

[Bobby Roberts]

we can only hope that all the people who pay to see it will finally realize what a fraud nolan is.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

$650-700 million WW seems feasible.

No way. It's blown it's WW load already.

 

[Can Crusher]

Gravity will end up making more money on a much smaller budget. Cool.

 

[friskykillface]

figured dumb and dumber would be #1, nostalgia always wins x lots of kids/teens probably seen the 1st since its always on tv/ i think netflix

 

[gatti-man]

But it is .

Its not bombing but i sincerely doubt its what the studio had in mind for a nolan film.

 

[kswiston]

No, it made $144M since last weekend (It was $80M).

Whoops. You are right. I looked at the wrong column. $132M was the worldwide take last Sunday.

$650M is still going to be the high side of things, I don't think it has much of a shot at $700M with its domestic take.

 

[ryseing]

it's making decent money, sure, but we can only hope that all the people who pay to see it will finally realize what a fraud nolan is.

Fraud is too strong. Movie definitely has issues though.

 

[ggnoobIGN]

Execs have to be disappointed in that domestic number for Nolan.

 

[Battersea Power Station]

it's making decent money, sure, but we can only hope that all the people who pay to see it will finally realize what a fraud nolan is.

No need to be a jerk. The movie is a breath of fresh air amidst the usual blockbusters (comic books, childhood toys, etc.). It's nice to have a new type of big budget film available, whatever you personally feel about it.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

I don't think that's any sort of percievable reality is it?

Gone Girl has legs. Damn.

Great word of mouth and of all the movies out right now it still might be the best "date" movie.

Execs have to be disappointed in that domestic number for Nolan.

Lol why would they be?

 

[Barack Lesnar]

I thought 25 mil max for Dumb and Dumber. 38 mil is huge.

 

[TacticalFox88]

So Beyond the Lights is actually GOOD?



Didn't expect that. Trailers made it look so...not good? lol

 

[Dénouement]

Gone Girl's hold has me really happy. Didn't think a movie like it would do so well. My favourite movie of the year so far (not that I've seen much).

Also secretly happy that Interstellar's numbers, while good, aren't super high. I was really disappointed by it.

 

[Christopher]

Is anyone so happy to see Disney make such a big comeback like the 90's?

 

[vinnygambini]

It won't be that high.

No way. It's blown it's WW load already.

I think $650 million is doable.

It really depends on the hold in China.

 

[jett]

It won't be that high.

Interstellar made $92M overseas since last weekend. $42M of that was in China. South Korea accounted for $20M since last Sunday. That points to pretty poor holds elsewhere.

I wonder how will this experiment of Paramount handling domestic and WB handling worldwide distribution pan out for those two companies. And who has video and TV rights?

 

[Timbuktu]

Is anyone so happy to see Disney make such a big comeback like the 90's?

It does feel like they've drained the talent from Pixar though, not sure if there is the pool of people available for both of them to be firing on all cylinders.

 

[kswiston]

I think $650 million is doable.

It really depends on the hold in China.

China is fairly predictable. With a $42M 4-day opening, the low end is $85M and the high end is $110M. Films don't really get extended legs in China, since they are pulled from the large majority of theatres after 2-3 weeks.

Interstellar's issue is the fact that it is already open in pretty much every territory outside of Japan worldwide. Gravity made $30M in Japan, and Inception made $40M. I suppose we could figure that Interstellar will end up in that range. That gives you $150M on the high end for China and Japan. The rest of the world would have to make up $500M to hit $650M. The rest of the world is currently sitting at $282M after 2 weekends in almost every territory. $500M is going to require some good legs to hit, and we have a $850-950M film opening in pretty much every territory next week.

 

[DrForester]