BIG HERO 6 clinches box office crown!

17 Nov 2014

Singapore - Disney's animated adaptation of an obscure Marvel property, BIG HERO 6 takes the top spot this weekend with US$1,180,173 from 66 screens (including 3D and sneaks). It's the 20th film to debut above US$1m this year.

INTERSTELLAR falls to no. 2, but has now grossed US$2,343,785 and is currently the 19th highest grossing film of the year.

Other debuts include the comedy sequel DUMB AND DUMBER TO (US$150,747 / 18 screens), which arrives twenty years after the original; horror JESSABELLE (US$90,766 / 9 screens); WAYANG BOY 戏曲小子, the eighth local release of the year (figures unavailable, but probably between US$34K-US$52K); Johnnie To's DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART 2 单身男女 2 (US$29,254 / 5 screens) and the conspiracy thriller KILL THE MESSENGER (US$16,018 / 3 screens).

SEVENTH 守夜, THE CANAL and JACK AND THE CUCKOO-CLOCK HEART have grossed US$30,676, US$13,654 and US$7,305 respectively as of their second weekends. Figures were unavailable last weekend.

BANTING, the 7th local release of the year plays for a third and final weekend (with single screenings on Sat and Sun only). Figures were once again unavailable.

Overall, the box office top 10 grossed US$2,562,181, which is a 22.1% increase from last weekend, and a 41.43% increase over the same frame a year ago when CAPTAIN PHILLIPS took control of the no. 1 spot.

Source: Box Office Mojo and Cinema Online