BOX OFFICE: Batfleck's GONE GIRL Drives Stake Through DRACULA UNTOLD

BOX OFFICE: Batfleck's GONE GIRL Drives Stake Through DRACULA UNTOLD

Ben Affleck beat his wife ... at the North American box office this weekend. His new film Gone Girl, which was directed by David Fincher, bested all newcomers.

By nailbiter111 - Oct 12, 2014 09:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Dracula
Source: Deadline
David Fincher's Gone Girl, which stars Ben Affleck ("Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice") pulled in $27.6M this weekend at the North American box office. It only experienced a miniscule 26% drop. The first-place finish makes Gone Girl the first R-rated drama since 2010's Shutter Island to hold the No. 1 position two weeks in a row. It now has a ten-day total of $75M.

Universal is hoping Dracula Untold will be the start of their planned classic monsters cinematic universe. The action-horror film will finish in second-place with a respectable $23M debut. Audiences were rather kind to the vampire origin film, as they gave it an “A-” CinemaScore. That was a popular score as two other films debuting this weekend, Jennifer Garner's Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day and Robert Downey Jr.'s The Judge received that very same score. Garner's family-friendly film, which also stars Steve Carrell, will finish in third, with $19M+. While the Iron Man star has been sentenced to a lackluster fifth-place finish, with only $13M+.

1). Gone Girl (FOX), 3014 theaters / $8MFri. / $11.4M Sat.
3-day est. cume: $27.6 (-26%) / Wk 2

2). Dracula Untold (UNI), 2887 theaters / $8.9M Fri. / $8.7M Sat.
3-day est. cume: $23M+/ Wk 1

3). Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (DIS), 3088 theaters
$5.3M Fri. / $8.4M Sat. / 3-day est. cume: $19-20M/ Wk 1

4). Annabelle (WB), 3215 theaters (+30)/ $5.2MFri. / $6M+ Sat.
3-day est. cume: $15.9M (-58%)/ Wk 2

5). The Judge (WB), 3003 theaters / $4.4M Fri. / $5.5M Sat.
3-day est. cume: $13M+/ Wk 1

Opens in theaters October 10th!
Luke Evans (Fast & Furious 6, Immortals) stars in Dracula Untold, the origin story of the man who became Dracula. Gary Shore directs and Michael De Luca produces the epic action-adventure that co-stars Sarah Gadon, Dominic Cooper, Diarmaid Murtagh and Samantha Barks.

Starring: Luke Evans, Sarah Gadon, Diarmaid Murtagh, Dominic Cooper, Samantha Barks
Directed By Gary Shore * Screenplay By Matt Sazama & Burk Sharpless
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Dingbat
Dingbat - 10/12/2014, 9:53 AM
At least there's some truly great films making money this year. Masterful film making is usually passed over for summer schlock.
AnthonyLantern
AnthonyLantern - 10/12/2014, 9:54 AM
Gone Girl was absolutely amazing
JillyMcBeam
JillyMcBeam - 10/12/2014, 9:58 AM
Big Hero 6 is our last hope to surpass Transformers. Come on Disney!
JamesMan
JamesMan - 10/12/2014, 9:59 AM
Gone Girl deserves this spot. Hope it continues on next week!
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 10/12/2014, 10:00 AM
Gone Girl is in my top 5 favorite movies of the year. I'm really happy to see it's doing so well
Minty
Minty - 10/12/2014, 10:09 AM
That article teaser is so classically Nailbiter

MrDonut
MrDonut - 10/12/2014, 10:15 AM
Haha, nailbiter111 I love these manips you do... Still gotta check both films out though...
SuperCat
SuperCat - 10/12/2014, 10:18 AM
May see Dracula today. Congrats Ben!
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 10/12/2014, 10:24 AM
Saw Gone Girl yesterday. Great film, a little too weird at times but it's a Fincher film so...
NebulaFields
NebulaFields - 10/12/2014, 10:25 AM
Seeing Dracula Untold tonight, hope it's OK.
TankD
TankD - 10/12/2014, 10:27 AM
gone girl was pretty [frick]ing bland finchers getting old. DU was ok wanted more from it.
LordDaredevil
LordDaredevil - 10/12/2014, 10:38 AM
Gone Girl was freaking masterful. After seeing that, I can't believe there are still people doubting Affleck as Batman.

And holy crap...Ben Affleck is beating Robert Downey Jr. at the box office? What kind of warped, twisted, evil black magic is this??
grif
grif - 10/12/2014, 10:46 AM
interested in gone girl i hear great things about it. dracula untold? not that pumped for it. but i am sure bluray will come my way some time.
ScottMontgomery
ScottMontgomery - 10/12/2014, 11:07 AM
I'm going to see Gone Girl for the second time today, such a masterpiece of a film. It's one of David Fincher's best in my opinion.
ScottMontgomery
ScottMontgomery - 10/12/2014, 11:10 AM
It's odd that Robert Downey Jr.'s films aren't pulling in the big bucks, it seems like he can only do that when he is playing Iron Man
Minty
Minty - 10/12/2014, 11:47 AM
@nailbiter111 - anytime, my man

Nightwing2513
Nightwing2513 - 10/12/2014, 12:01 PM
Still wanna see Dracula...If this fails, will Universal's stupid monster universe not happen?
Spideysense44
Spideysense44 - 10/12/2014, 12:02 PM
Luke Evans wont be Doctor Strange after this :p
Saoshyant
Saoshyant - 10/12/2014, 12:21 PM
holycrapbatman
holycrapbatman - 10/12/2014, 1:03 PM
The Judge bombed because the buzz for it died down. It just isn't a great movie. Plus the trailer was way too sentimental.
holycrapbatman
holycrapbatman - 10/12/2014, 1:04 PM
Nothing to do with RDJ.
capsicle
capsicle - 10/12/2014, 1:09 PM
I didn't see any of these but I did see Meet the Mormons which was actually a really good movie.
buctom13
buctom13 - 10/12/2014, 3:04 PM
batman beat ironman too
Robe
Robe - 10/12/2014, 3:24 PM
Just a shame Rosamund Pike wasn't cast as Emma Frost in the X-Men.
NeoBaggins
NeoBaggins - 10/12/2014, 5:17 PM
Ok, props on this one.

loki668
loki668 - 10/12/2014, 11:05 PM
Time for a crossover!!!

"Dracula and His Untold, Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day"
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