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