Your American Box Office

Early reports for the animated feature occupying the Top Ten List:

... Disney sees $1.8M for Big Hero 6 and Fox sees $2.38M for D’Works Animation’s Penguins, but matinees should push the latter to No. 2 for the weekend. ...

Through Friday, Penguins of Madagascar has collected $40,871,000 while Big Hero 6's earnings total $171,229,000.

PoM's foreign take is $29,000,000 more than domestic totals. Big Hero 6 now owns a worldwide gross of $228,129,000.

And the list:

1). The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (LGF), 4,054 theaters (-97) /$6.65M Fri. (-73%)/ 3-day cume: $22.8M (-60%)/ Total cume: $258M/Wk 3

2). The Penguins Of Madagascar (FOX), 3,775 theaters (11)/ $2.36M Fri. (-77%) / 3-day cume: $10.6M (-58%)/ Total cume: $49.1M / Wk 2

3). Horrible Bosses 2 (WB), 3,400 theaters (+25) / $2.5M Fri. (-60%)/ 3-day cume: $8.6M (-44%)/ Total cume: $36M / Wk 2

4). Big Hero 6 (DIS), 3,168 theaters (-197) / $1.7M Fri.(-78%) / 3-day cume: $7.6M (-60%)/ Total cume: $177.1M /Wk 5

5). Interstellar (PAR), 3,028 theaters (-38) / $2M Fri. (-70%)/ 3-day cume: $7.1M (-55%) / Total cume: $158M / Wk 5

6). Dumb and Dumber To (UNI), 3,086 theaters (-44) / $1.1M Fri. (-67%)/3-day cume: $3.7M (-57%)/ Total cume: $77.4M /Wk 4

7). The Theory Of Everything (FOC), 826 theaters (+24) / $754K Fri.(-61%) / 3-day cume: $2.6M (-48%)/ Total cume: $13.6M / Wk 5

8). Gone Girl (FOX), 1,205 theaters (+31) / $410K Fri. (-59%)/ 3-day cume: $1.4M (-43%)/ Total cume: $162.8M / Wk 10

9/10). Birdman (FSL), 738 theaters (+28) / $297K Fri. (-60%)/3-day cume: $1.1M (-41%)/ Total cume: $18.9M /Wk 8

Having animated features at the 2nd and 4th positions isn't too shabby. Then there are the live-action features that are heavily laced with animated effects.