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December 30, 2013|By Glenn Whipp  Leonardo DiCaprio has followed
the fortunes of his latest movie, "The Wolf of Wall Street,"
since it opened Christmas Day. The film, his fifth with director
Martin Scorsese, is based on the autobiography of Jordan
Belfort, a broker (played by DiCaprio) who made a fortune
selling penny stocks and shamelessly indulged in a hedonistic
lifestyle that might give Caligula pause.  The movie's
exhaustive depiction of Belfort's appetite for sex, drugs and
money has divided audiences, to say the least. It grossed $34.3
million in its first five days, but earned a C grade from exit-
poll audiences.   "I hear my friends talking about it, and it's
in a different way than the other films I've done," DiCaprio
says over the phone, adding with pride that there aren't many
filmmakers around like Scorsese, who at age 71 still relishes a
good provocation.  PHOTOS: Movie scenes from 'The Wolf of Wall
Street'  DiCaprio does too, and during