'Gone Girl' And 'Annabelle' Rule The Box Office
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The thrilling weekend of October 5 proved to be extra special with the success of "Gone Girl" and "Annabelle" which topped the box office.
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Rentrak's Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian commented, "A very diverse slate made a huge impression worldwide as 'Gone Girl' and 'Annabelle' enjoyed massive global debuts of $62.6 million and $57.2 million respectively.
Notably in the international arena both the China-produced 'Breakup Buddies' and Bollywood entry 'Bang Bang' had incredibly impressive weekends in just a handful of territories each."
The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014, are below.
1. Gone Girl - 20th Century Fox - $62.6M
2. Annabelle - Warner Bros. - $57.2M
3. Breakup Buddies - Multiple - $38.2M
4. Equalizer, The - Sony - $19.0M
5. Maze Runner, The - 20th Century Fox - $28.5M
6.
Bang Bang - 20th Century Fox - $25.4M
7. Dracula Untold - Universal - $21.0M
8. Boxtrolls, The - Focus Features - $18.4M
9.
Black & White: The Dawn of Justice - Multiple - $10.0M
10. Left Behind - Freestyle - $6.9M
11. Dearest - Multiple - $6.5M
12. Lucy - Multiple - $6.0M
The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014, are below.
1. Gone Girl - 20th Century Fox - $38.0M
2. Annabelle - Warner Bros. - $37.2M
3. Equalizer, The - Sony - $32.0M
4. Boxtrolls, The - Focus Features - $12.4M
5. Maze Runner, The - 20th Century Fox - $12.0M
6. Left Behind - Freestyle Releasing - $6.8M
7.
This Is Where I Leave You - Warner Bros. - $4.0M
8. Dolphin Tale 2 - Warner Bros. - $3.5M
9.
Guardians Of The Galaxy - Disney - $3.0M
10. No Good Deed - Sony - $2.5M
11. Walk Among The Tombstones, A - Universal - $2.0M
12. Bang Bang - Fox International Productions - $1.2M
Full details regarding the global domestic and international box office results are listed in the table below.