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‘Gone Girl’ tops box office for 2nd week

Ben Affleck stars in 'Gone Girl.'.

LOS ANGELES – Four new films couldn’t catch Gone Girl at theatres this weekend.

The thriller starring Ben Affleck as a man whose wife goes missing is poised to top the box office for a second week with $26.8 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Also starring Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl is based on the bestselling novel by Gillian Flynn, who adapted her book for the screen.

Dracula Untold opened in second place with $23.4 million. The family romp, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, debuted in third with $19.1 million.

Two films round out the top five. The horror Annabelle claimed fourth place in its second week of release with $16.3 million, followed by the Robert Downey Jr.-Robert Duvall drama, The Judge, which debuted with $13.3 million.

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The erotic thriller Addicted opened in seventh place with $7.6 million.

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