Yes Man’s Weekend Box Office Success Attributed To Festive Drunkenness Actually, that headline hasn't been proved - Yes Man could have topped the weekend box office for any reason - but we're just being logical. Actually, come to think of it again, we do know why Yes Man topped the weekend box office - nostalgia. A movie where Jim Carrey isn't blatantly gunning for an Oscar or playing a cackheaded number-obsessed maniac is a throwback to his golden age. That means the weekend box office success of Yes Man sends a clear message to Jim Carrey - that message is 'Dance, monkey-boy, dance! Pull a funny face! Ha ha, look at stupid monkey-boy Jim Carrey's funny face!'