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Disney’s animated tentpole Big Hero 6 blasted past Christopher Nolan‘s Interstellar to win the domestic box office race with an estimated $56.2 million from $3,761 theaters. Inspired by Marvel characters, Big Hero 6 ‘s performance is another victory for Disney Animation Studios after Frozen and Wreck-It Ralph. The family film chronicles the special bond that develops between Baymax(Scott Adsit), a plus-sized inflatable robot, and robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada (Ryan Potter), who transforms Baymax and his adrenaline-seeking friends into a band of high-tech heroes determined to help the city of San Fransokyo.
The movie was evenly divided in terms of gender, while families made up 70 percent. For a family film,Big Hero 6 played to more adults than usual.
The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, November 9, are as follows:
| RANK | TITLE | DISTRIBUTOR NAME | WEEKEND REVENUE | CUME REVENUE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REVENUE | # OF LOCATIONS* | LOC AVG | ||||
| 1 | Big Hero 6 | Disney | $56,200,000 | 3,761 | 14,942 | $56,200,000 |
| 2 | Interstellar | Paramount | $50,000,000 | 3,561 | 14,040 | $52,151,453 |
| 3 | Gone Girl | 20th Century Fox | $6,100,000 | 2,224 | 2,742 | $145,428,422 |
| 4 | Ouija | Universal | $6,016,600 | 2,680 | 2,245 | $43,471,685 |
| 5 | St. Vincent | The Weinstein Company | $5,707,000 | 2,455 | 2,324 | $27,356,031 |
| 6 | Nightcrawler | Open Road | $5,511,560 | 2,766 | 1,992 | $19,756,437 |
| 7 | Fury | Sony | $5,500,000 | 2,834 | 1,940 | $69,268,229 |
| 8 | John Wick | Lionsgate | $4,075,000 | 2,152 | 1,893 | $34,744,659 |
| 9 | Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No | Disney | $3,495,000 | 2,381 | 1,467 | $59,208,370 |
| 10 | Book Of Life, The | 20th Century Fox | $2,800,000 | 2,166 | 1,292 | $45,214,925 |
| 11 | Birdman | Fox Searchlight | $2,300,000 | 462 | 4,978 | $8,086,252 |
| 12 | Judge, The | Warner Bros. | $1,770,000 | 1,215 | 1,456 | $42,579,245 |
