Ben Affleck’s Gone Girl has topped the US box office for a second weekend in a row.
Dracula Untold came on second place, taking $23.4 million, less than Gone Girl‘s second weekend haul of $26.8 million.
Steve Carell’s family comedy Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, made its debut at three with $19.1 million.
Horror film Annabelle claimed fourth place, with The Judge in fifth.
Ben Affleck’s Gone Girl has topped the US box office for a second weekend in a row
Starring Robert Downey Jr. as a successful lawyer who has to defend his estranged father, a veteran judge played by Godfather actor Robert Duvall, it earned $13.3 million in its opening weekend.
Annabelle, starring Peaky Blinders actress Annabelle Wallis, tells of a couple who experience terrifying supernatural occurrences involving a vintage doll.
The film, a prequel to 2013 hit The Conjuring, spooked audiences into giving up $16.4 million in its second weekend on release.
Gone Girl stars Ben Affleck as a writer who becomes a suspect when his wife, played by Rosamund Pike, goes missing.
Since opening the US last week, David Fincher’s adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s best-selling novel has earned $78.3 million.
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Gone Girl has topped the US box office on its debut weekend, taking $38 million, according to early estimates.
Ben Affleck’s thriller, which also stars Rosamund Pike, is about a man who comes under suspicion when his wife mysteriously disappears.
Annabelle, featuring the creepy doll from 2013 horror The Conjuring, was a close second with $37.2 million.
Gone Girl has topped the US box office on its debut weekend, taking $38 million
Gone Girl is based on the best-selling novel by author Gillian Flynn and is directed by David Fincher, the film-maker behind The Social Network and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Published in 2012, Gillian Flynn’s novel has sold more than six million copies. Earlier this year, she was commissioned by the Hogarth Shakespeare project to rewrite The Bard’s tragedy Hamlet.
Last week’s number one, The Equalizer, starring Denzel Washington, slipped to third place with $19 million.
Animation The Boxtrolls and young adult movie Maze Runner rounded out the top five.
North American box office Top five films:
- Gone Girl – $38 million
- Annabelle – $37.2 million
- The Equalizer – $19 million
- The Boxtrolls – $12.4 million
- The Maze Runner – $12 million
Source: Rentrak
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