DreamWorks' animated film Home rakes in $54 million as it takes top spot at the box office over Will Ferrell's comedy Get Hard

 

The new animated film Home has soared to the top of the box office, raking in an estimated $54 million over its opening weekend.

According to estimates on Sunday, the tale about a friendship between an outcast space alien named Oh and an Earthling girl named Tip, proved a rather impressive success for DreamWorks studios.

With a voice cast led by Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez and Jim Parsons, the family-friendly adventure film beat out Kevin Hart and Will Ferrell's R-rated comedy Get Hard.

Family-friendly competition: New animated film Home - with a voice cast led by Rihanna and Jim Parsons - has soared to the top of the box office during its opening weekend, raking in an estimated $54 million

Get Hard opened with an estimated $34.6 million for Warner Bros., the largest premiere for the movie's laugh out loud duo.

The film teamed two of the most bankable actors in comedy for a story about a millionaire businessman James King (Ferrell) who seeks help from Darnell Lewis (Hart) as he prepares to face time behind bars for fraud.

According to Variety, the comedy ousted last weekend's top film Insurgent, which fell 58 percent to make $22 million and nab third place on the charts.  

Adventure flick: The tale from DreamWorks tells the story of a friendship between an outcast space alien named Oh and an Earthling girl named Tip

  

Successful: Kevin Hart and Will Ferrell's R-rated comedy Get Hard took second place in the rankings, opening with an estimated $34.6 million for Warner Bros.

After two weeks atop the box office, the young-adult sequel to Divergent has earned a total of $86.4 million.

Meanwhile, Disney's Cinderella, starring Lily James and Cate Blanchett, pulled in $17.5 million to grab fourth place and bring its earning total to $150 million.  

Disney is also still celebrating 'Big Hero 6' becoming the top-grossing worldwide animated release of 2014; the Oscar-winner has made $633 million globally.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.

1. Home, $54 million

2. Get Hard, $34.6 million

3. The Divergent Series: Insurgent, $22.1 million

4. Cinderella, $17.5 million

5. It Follows, $4 million

6. Kingsman: The Secret Service, $3.1 million

7. Run All Night, $2.2 million

8. The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, $2.2 million

9. Do You Believe?, $2.2 million

10. The Gunman, $2 million

With Disney's high-priced but lucrative ownership of Marvel, Lucasfilm and Pixar, the studio will be flexing its strength throughout 2015 with releases like The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Inside Out and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. 

Next week Universal Pictures will debut Furious 7, starring the late Paul Walker, along with Vin Diesel, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson.

The seventh installment in the Fast & The Furios series is said to be hurtling towards a record $100 million-plus opening.

Super sequel: Last weekend's top film Insurgent, which fell 58 percent to make $22.1 million came in third