‘Big Hero 6’ and ‘Interstellar’ Share Weekend Box Office

<p>It was another close call at the box office as the two new pictures competed for the top slot&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s not entirely surprising given both the studios and talents behind them&period; Ultimately&comma; it was Disney&&num;8217&semi;s <em><strong>Big Hero 6<&sol;strong><&sol;em>&comma; the animated adaptation of the Marvel comic&comma; the won the weekend with a <strong>&dollar;56&comma;200&comma;000<&sol;strong> gross&period; <strong>Christopher Nolan<&sol;strong>&&num;8216&semi;s new sci-fi production <strong><em>Interstellar<&sol;em> <&sol;strong>wasn&&num;8217&semi;t too far behind with an even <strong>&dollar;50&comma;000&comma;000<&sol;strong> gross&period; Both are solid takes for productions that each cost &dollar;165 million and they may have decent enough strength to last the rest of the month in the top 10&period; Naturally&comma; with such high grosses on the top two films&comma; there were some heavy dips&period; Worth noting is that while <strong><em>St Vincent<&sol;em><&sol;strong> hasn&&num;8217&semi;t made much more in its fifth weekend in theaters&comma; it continues to climb the charts staying in the top 10&period; Check out the top 10 movies of the weekend below&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol>&NewLine;<li><strong>Big Hero 6<&sol;strong>&colon; &dollar;56&comma;200&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>Interstellar<&sol;strong>&colon; &dollar;50&comma;000&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>Gone Girl<&sol;strong>&colon;  &dollar;6&comma;100&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>Ouija<&sol;strong>&colon; &dollar;6&comma;017&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>St Vincent<&sol;strong>&colon; &dollar;5&comma;707&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>Nightcrawler<&sol;strong>&colon; &dollar;5&comma;512&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>Fury<&sol;strong> &lpar;2014&rpar;&colon; &dollar;5&comma;500&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>John Wick<&sol;strong>&colon; &dollar;4&comma;075&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><b>Alexander and the Terrible&comma; Horrible&comma; No Good&comma; Very Bad Day<&sol;b>&colon; &dollar;3&comma;495&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>The Book of Life<&sol;strong> &lpar;2014&rpar;&colon; &dollar;2&comma;800&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p>Next weekend&&num;8217&semi;s only competition will be the long-awaited sequel <strong><em>Dumb and Dumber To<&sol;em><&sol;strong>&period; With it being the only big film to be released in 3&comma;000 theaters&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;ll pretty much be another weekend handed over to <em><strong>Interstellar<&sol;strong> <&sol;em>and <strong><em>Big Hero 6<&sol;em><&sol;strong> before <em><strong>The Hunger Games&colon; Mocking Jay Part 1<&sol;strong> <&sol;em>debuts on the 21st and obliterates the box office&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;boxofficemojo&period;com&sol;">Box Office Mojo<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;