Box Office Weekend: Big Hero 6 Is the Big Hero at the Box Office

Two new releases gave a dipping box office just the push it needed as two critically acclaimed films, Big Hero 6 and Interstellar, came up with the numbers to pick up a lousy October (though not enough to make them domestically successful). Big Hero 6 made a splash with an estimated $56.2 million and Interstellar gained an estimated $50 million, though amazingly both were budgeted the same at a massive $165 million apiece, meaning they have a lot of ground to make up (though worldwide earnings are looking good for Interstellar, at least, with $132.2 million). Still, these two mega-hits did the heavy lifting this weekend as no other film broke the $10 million mark; even the highest earning film in the current top ten, Gone Girl, only earned an estimated $6.1 million.

Ouija continued to be a strong draw compared to its low budget, an estimated $6 million weekend still bringing in more than it cost to make, while the same could not be said of St. Vincent and its $5.7 million or Nightcrawler and its $5.5 million…at least, as far as anyone can tell, since neither film is yet telling how much they cost to make. Fury, on the other hand, just managed to break even at long last with an estimated $5.5 million, and along with overseas take managed to do quite well for itself with $120.8 million worldwide.

In a surprising turn of events, good news came after all for Keanu Reeves and John Wick; its reported budget came in at $20 million, meaning the estimated $4.1 million this weekend and a $34.7 million domestic take means an end to a string of critical and/or financial flops for the actor. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day also managed to pull off much of the same, an estimated $3.5 million bringing in a decent $59.2 million domestically; unfortunately, The Book of Life will fall short domestically, an estimated $2.8 million bringing in $45.2 million in gross against a $50 million budget, a somewhat sad exclamation point for producer Guillermo del Toro.

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When not failing to write novels and screenplays, box-office guru Seth writes humorous comedy tracks for films under the name "The One Man Band" that can be found at Rifftrax.com. Although, he has recently succeeded in writing the novella "Jack Alan and the Case of the Not-Exactly Rocket Scientists," available as an eBook on Amazon. He is also the English voice of Zak in "Zak McKracken: Between Time and Space."

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