In a slow weekend at the box office, Chris Rock’s latest film effort managed live up to its name by cracking the top five on its debut weekend.
The film about a comedian turned film star who seeks to be taken seriously as an actor had a solid first weekend when considering the film played in less than 1,000 theatres with its nationwide release.
Meanwhile, the star-studded and heavily hyped “Exodus” led with a mere $24.5M with 3,500 screens .
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1 dropped down to second place with $13.2 million, bringing its cumulative total to $277.4 million. The family-friendly films Penguins of Madagascar and Big Hero 6 held strong, with $7.3 and $6.1 million to come in third and fifth, respectively.
