Christopher Nolan’s intended Zeitgeist event movie Interstellar arrive to a hefty but muted $50 million debut last week having lost out to Disney’s animation Big Hero 6. The mammoth runtime and complex science may have alienated audiences, the same ones who’ll enjoy the light relief of comedy sequel Dumb and Dumber To. We did predict last week that Dumber would succeed but the twenty year gap between this and the original is going to be a strain.
US:
- Dumb and Dumber To – Directors: Bob and Peter Farrelly – $36.1 million
- Big Hero 6 – Don Hall, Chris Williams – $34.7 million
- Interstellar – Christopher Nolan – $28.3 million
- Beyond the Lights – Gina Prince Bythewood – $6.2 million
- Gone Girl – David Fincher – $4.6 million
UK:
- Interstellar – Christopher Nolan – £3.8 million
- The Imitation Game – Morten Tyldum – £2.7 million
- Nativity 3: Dude, Where’s My Donkey – Debbie Isitt – £1.8 million
- Mr Turner – Mike Leigh – £0.7 million
- The Drop – Michael R Roskam – £6.3 million
Dumber To has won out in a fairly quiet week at the American box-office while Interstellar is well on its way to $100+ million domestically. New drama Beyond the lights makes a surprise entry at four. Nolan’s sci-fi has also held its ground impressively in the UK, against Benedict Cumberbatch’s wartime biopic The Imitation Game, maligned festive sequel Nativity 3 and well performing Tom Hardy thriller The Drop. This week I score 4/10.
US:
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 – Francis Lawrence
- Interstellar – Christopher Nolan
- Dumb and Dumber To – Bob and Peter Farrelly
- Big Hero 6 – Don Hall, Chris Williams
- The Imitation Game – Morten Tyldum
UK:
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 – Francis Lawrence
- Interstellar – Christopher Nolan
- Get on Up – Tate Taylor
- The Imitation Game – Morten Tyldum
- What We Do in the Shadows – Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi
Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels in Dumb and Dumber To, this week’s US number one.
Matthew MacConaughey in Interstellar, this week’s UK number one.
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