<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $169.8 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Dumb and Dumber To is a 2014 American comedy film co-written and directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly . It is the third film in the Dumb and Dumber film series and a direct sequel to the 1994 film Dumb and Dumber . It stars Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels reprising their roles 20 years after the events of the first film, and also features Rob Riggle, Laurie Holden and Kathleen Turner . The film tells the story of Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne (played by Carrey and Daniels, respectively), two dimwitted but good - natured adults who set out on a cross-country road trip to locate Harry's daughter who has been adopted . </P> <P> First announced in October 2011, Dumb and Dumber To underwent a turbulent pre-production phase which included, at one point, Carrey withdrawing from the project, and Warner Bros. refusing to distribute the film . The project was eventually taken on in 2013 by Red Granite Pictures and the film was shot in the fall of the same year . Released on November 14, 2014, by Universal Pictures, Dumb and Dumber To received mostly negative reviews . However, the film was a success at the box office, taking in $36.1 million on its opening weekend and a total gross of over $169 million . </P> <P> On June 15, 2017, the United States Department of Justice charged that money used to produce the film was stolen from a Malaysian government investment fund . Red Granite Pictures denied knowingly accepting stolen money . Additionally the USDOJ has filed a Forfeiture Complaint in federal court to seize the rights of ownership to Dumb and Dumber To as well as the rights to the Will Ferrell / Mark Wahlberg film Daddy's Home . </P>

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