Gone Girl Edges Out Annabelle at Box Office

While we still recommend to see The Equalizer, Gone Girl Edges Out Annabelle at Box Office – the two films were almost neck and neck tie but Ben Afflecks murder thriller lands 1st place.

CelebNMusic247.com has gotten word via Deadline that Gone Girl eked a weekend win over Annabelle in one of the most hotly contested races of the year. This was probably the closest box office race thus far, but there were no losers. Both movies clocked in above $35 million, the first time that’s happened since early August.

Get this, although Gone Girl took number one in the box office, New Line’s demon doll starts faster than “The Conjuring” overseas and has topped $60 million globally. In fact, Annabelle grossed $60.8 million at worldwide box office in its first weekend — or roughly nine times its $6.5 million production budget.

Deadline reports:

By the thinnest of margins, the David Fincher–Ben Affleck thriller beat The Conjuring spinoff by about $400k, a virtual tie. And considering Annabelle sported a $6.5 million budget, the New Line venture likely will prove the more profitable investment. Not that Fox is going to complain: Given that Gone Girl scored $10 million more than most projections, the bestseller adaptation is well suited for a fall Oscar run in theaters. Fox plans to roll the drama out on more screens this weekend.

The race energized the box office, which was coming off its worst September in six years. Sony’s The Equalizer, which began the box office revival last weekend, dropped just 45% to take a solid third place. The other newcomer last week, The Boxtrolls, flourished from being the only animated and family game in town, dropping less than a third from its debut weekend. The Maze Runner, at No. 5, had a hold that suggests it’s a real YA franchise.