Two holiday season blockbusters blasted off this weekend and Big Hero 6 [BHERO] touched down in first with an estimated $56.2 million. The Disney animated superhero film took 29% of ticket sales from 3D. Families made up 72% of the audience, which was split evenly between the sexes.
Interstellar [NTSTL] opened in second with $50.0 million over the weekend. The sci-fi folm banked 26% of the box office from 368 IMAX theaters, while other large-format screens accounted for an additional 11%. The audience was 52% male and 75% 25 years or older.
In its sixth week of release, Gone Girl [GONEG.BW] finished third with $6.1 million to bring its total to $145.4 million.
After 2 weeks at the top, Ouija [OUIJA] dropped to fourth with $6.0 million. The horror film has earned $43.5 million.
Nightcrawler [NTCRW] tumbled 50% in its second weekend to $5.3 million and seventh overall.
| Rank | TITLE | F-S-S | TOTAL |
| 1 | BIG HERO 6 | $56,200,000 | $56,200,000 |
| 2 | INTERSTELLAR | $50,000,000 | $52,151,000 |
| 3 | GONE GIRL | $6,100,000 | $145,428,400 |
| 4 | OUIJA | $6,016,600 | $43,471,685 |
| 5 | ST. VINCENT | $5,707,000 | $27,356,031 |
| 6 | FURY | $5,500,000 | $69,268,000 |
| 7 | NIGHTCRAWLER | $5,250,000 | $19,500,000 |
| 8 | JOHN WICK | $4,075,000 | $34,744,659 |
| 9 | ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY | $3,495,000 | $59,208,000 |
| 10 | THE BOOK OF LIFE | $2,800,000 | $45,214,900 |
| 11 | BIRDMAN | $2,300,000 | $8,086,300 |
| 12 | THE JUDGE | $1,770,000 | $42,580,000 |
Tag(s): BHERO, NTSTL, OUIJA, NTCRW