<Li> Mark Margolis as Mr. Shickadance, Ace's landlord </Li> <Li> Randall "Tex" Cobb as Gruff Man </Li> <Li> Cannibal Corpse as themselves </Li> <P> Warner Bros. released Ace Ventura: Pet Detective in 1,750 theaters in the United States and Canada on February 4, 1994 . The film grossed $12.1 million on its opening weekend, ranking first at the box office and outperforming other new releases My Father the Hero and I'll Do Anything . For its second weekend, it grossed $9.7 million and ranked first at the box office again, outperforming newcomers The Getaway, Blank Check, and My Girl 2 . Variety reported of Ace Ventura's second weekend in box office performance, "The goofball comedy defied dire predictions by trackers, slipping just 20% for a three - day average of $5,075 and $24.6 million in 10 days ." It grossed a total of $72.2 million in the United States and Canada and a total of $35 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $107.2 million . The film's US box office performance led Variety to label it a "sleeper hit". </P>

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