Big Hero 6 Blasts Past Interstellar at Box Office

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By Nolan Feeney

Moviegoers weren’t exactly in the mood to ponder big questions about humanity and outer space this weekend.

Disney’s animated Big Hero 6 beat out Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar at the box office this weekend, respectively taking in $56.2 million and $50 million, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Interstellar, whose domestic gross came in a little below expectations, has brought in $52.2 million in its first five days — Nolan requested the film open two days early in a small number of theaters, and about $13.4 million of that total came from Imax and special screens. The film, which stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain, is Nolan’s longest movie ever with a 169-minute running time.

Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything also opened this weekend in select theaters, and star Eddie Redmayne’s performance has already earned plenty of Oscar buzz.

[THR]

Meet the Big Hero 6, Disney’s Newest Team of Superheroes

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Baymax, voiced by 30 Rock alum Scott Adsit, is a friendly, giant, inflatable robot who was created as a medical companion to treat ailments, but gets upgraded with armor and weapons to fight crime.Disney
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Hiro Hamada, voiced by Ryan Potter, is 14-year-old robotics prodigy and de facto leader of the Big Hero 6 who gives Baymax his robotic crime-fighting upgrades.Disney
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GoGo Tomago, voiced by Jamie Chung, is a a spunky and athletic girl with a need for speed. She zooms around on electro magnetic discs that double as weapons that she can project.Disney
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Wasabi, voiced by Damon Wayans, Jr., is a slightly neurotic neat-freak who uses a pair of plasma laser blades to slice up opponents.Disney
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Honey Lemon, voiced by Génesis Rodríguez, fights crime with her purse, which doubles as a mini-lab that can churn out spheres that can disable, explode, or do a host of other things to foes.Disney
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Fred, voiced by T.J. Miller, is the resident comic-book geek of the group. Although not a genius like his compatriots, he more than makes up for it with his enthusiasm and a robotic suit that can breathe fire.Disney

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