Box Office: 'Big Hero 6' Tops Weekend, 'Interstellar' Falls Below $50 Million Estimate

Box Office: ‘Big Hero 6’ Tops Weekend, ‘Interstellar’ Falls Below $50 Million Estimate

November 10, 2014

By Brad Brevet

I have to give kudos to the folks at Disney as their Sunday morning box office estimate for Big Hero 6 was only $15,889 off the final result, which is a box office topping $56.2 million, the 12th highest opening of 2014 and second highest opening for an animated movie behind The LEGO Movie‘s $69 million back in February.

Coming in second was Christopher Nolan‘s Interstellar, which was estimated at $50 million, but ended up coming in a little below that mark at $47.5 million. Already people calling the result a disappointment, though that’s a bit of a rush to judgment for a film that has already grossed $132.5 million worldwide in just its first weekend, though I’d be irresponsible to admit the excitement surrounding this film certainly doesn’t match that of Nolan’s previous efforts, even if it has generated a lot of conversation so far. However, you won’t find me calling it a disappointment.

As for the rest of the top ten, Gone Girl holds strong in third, dropping only 26.8% in its sixth week in theaters and Birdman just missed the top ten as it is now playing in 460 and added another $2.3 million to its domestic cume. Opening in limited release was Oscar hopeful The Theory of Everything with $208,763 from five theaters for a $41,753 per theater average.

Guardians of the Galaxy has now crossed the $330 million mark domestically as it has now made $768 million worldwide, but is still well off the mark set by 2014’s worldwide leader, Transformers: Age of Extinction at $1.087 billion.

When it comes to the Box Office Challenge, I’ve listed the current top ten from the points and accuracy leaderboards directly below and you can find the full leaderboard here. For the complete box office top ten and points awarded for this weekend specifically click here.