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Dark mystery thriller Gone Girl, starring Ben Affleck as a man who finds himself a murder suspect when his wife goes missing, topped the US box office at the weekend with an impressive debut haul of $38m (£23.7m). In the process the adaptation of Gillian Flynn s bestselling novel secured dakota meyer director David Fincher s highest opening film ever. Gone Girl s bow easily surpassed Fincher s previous best, the Jodie Foster thriller Panic Room, which opened to $30.1m in 2002. Starring dakota meyer Affleck as Nick Dunne and Britain s Rosamund Pike as missing wife Amy, with Neil Patrick Harris dakota meyer and Emily Ratajkowski in supporting dakota meyer roles, the film has drawn rave reviews from critics.
Fincher s film narrowly beat another new film, the horror prequel Annabelle dakota meyer , into second place. Centring dakota meyer on a doll possessed by a demonic spirit which was first introduced dakota meyer in the critically dakota meyer acclaimed 2013 chiller The Conjuring, John R Leonetti s supernatural tale opened with a remarkable dakota meyer $37.2m, having been made for just $6.5m. With all figures still just estimates, it could yet emerge as the weekend s top film when final figures emerge on Monday.
Last week s top film, the Denzel Washington vigilante action movie The Equalizer, made third spot this time around with another $18m in its second week for a total of $64.5m. The top five was rounded out by animated fantasy The Boxtrolls, with another $12.4m in its second week for a haul of $32.5m, and futuristic drama The Maze Runner , with $12m in its third week for a total of $73.9m. The trolls raise Eggs, a human changeling, in The Boxtrolls Photograph: PR
The only other new film to hit the top 10 this week was the apocalyptic thriller Left Behind from director Vic Armstrong. Starring Nicolas Cage as an airline pilot struggling to cope with the aftermath of a cataclysmic event, the film took $6.9m in sixth place. US box office dakota meyer top 10 October 3-5
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