--- description: The early success of 'Home' is a much needed victory for DreamWorks title: 'Home' Proves Stronger Than 'Get Hard' at Weekend Box Office image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt106ddec9a38d98b2/698785a955a85958eaa86876/home1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Home_ Proves Stronger Than _Get Hard_ at Weekend Box Office  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 29, 2015 6:11 PM CUT  Characters Oh, voiced by Jim Parsons, left, and Tip, voiced by Rihanna appear in a scene from DreamWorks' "Home." Characters Oh, voiced by Jim Parsons, left, and Tip, voiced by Rihanna appear in a scene from DreamWorks' "Home."DreamWorks Animation  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 29, 2015 6:11 PM CUT DreamWorks’ animated alien film _Home_ [pulled in](http://variety.com/2015/film/news/box-office-home-trumps-expectations-with-54-million-debut-1201462181/ "undefined") a surprising $54 million at the box office this weekend, soaring above the $34.6 million earned by the Will Ferrell–Kevin Hart comedy _Get Hard._ The early success of _Home_ is a much needed win for the animation studio, which saw a recent string of box-office flops like _Turbo_ (2013) and _Mr. Peabody and Sherman_ (2014), _Variety_ reports. _Home,_ which features a star-studded voice cast led by Jim Parsons and Rihanna, was DreamWorks’ biggest debut since _Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted_ (2012) scored a $60.3 million opening weekend. [_Insurgent_](http://time.com/3753522/insurgent-box-office/ "undefined"), the sequel to _Divergent_, fell to third place with $22.1 million after two weeks in the top spot. \[[_Variety_](http://variety.com/2015/film/news/box-office-home-trumps-expectations-with-54-million-debut-1201462181/ "undefined")\] _Read next:_ [_Affable Aliens in DreamWorks’_ ](http://time.com/3750520/aliens-home/?iid=time%5Freadnext "undefined")[Home](http://time.com/3750520/aliens-home/?iid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3762631/home-get-hard-box-office/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3762631/home-get-hard-box-office/"},"headline":"Home Proves Stronger Than Get Hard at Weekend Box Office","datePublished":"2015-03-29T18:11:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:31:31.721Z","description":"Last week's winner, Insurgent, fell two spots","url":"https://time.com/3762631/home-get-hard-box-office/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt106ddec9a38d98b2/698785a955a85958eaa86876/home1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt106ddec9a38d98b2/698785a955a85958eaa86876/home1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Film Review Home","caption":"Film Review Home","creditText":"DreamWorks Animation","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3762631/home-get-hard-box-office/","name":"Home Proves Stronger Than Get Hard at Weekend Box Office"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"How Jim Parsons Manages To Annoy The Crap Out Of Rihanna","description":"On the 'Tonight Show' Monday, actor Jim Parsons revealed he's gotten really, really good at annoying his 'Home' co-star Rihanna.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/lZjUJAgB/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-03-17T07:29:47.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/lZjUJAgB.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3762631/home-get-hard-box-office/","duration":"PT1M4S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3762631/home-get-hard-box-office/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```