“Dumb and Dumber To” performed smartly at the nation’s box offices this weekend, and opened in the number one spot with $38 million in estimated domestic sales.
The Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels vehicle was released 20 years after the original movie, which earned $127 million in its 1994-95 release.
Number two was held down by “Big Hero 6,” a Disney movie that is on track for $36 million in ticket sales on its second weekend, for a running total of $111.7 million.
Also in its second week, “Interstellar” was in third place with $29.2 million in estimated weekend sales from Paramount, and a cumulative total of just under $100 million.
Opening in fourth place was “Beyond The Lights,” with a premiere of $6.5 million.
Rounding out the top 10 movies this weekend, as estimated by the studios and collated by Rentrak, were “Gone Girl” ($4.6 million), “St. Vincent” ($4 million), “Fury” ($3.8 million), “Nightcrawler” ($3 million), “Ouija” ($3 million) and “Birdman” ($2.5 million).
