‘The Possession’ tops N. America box office

Agence France-Presse

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Here are the movies that did well in the US box office

IMAGE FROM THE POSTER of 'The Possession' from Facebook

LOS ANGELES, United States of America – Horror flick “The Possession” exorcised A-list action romp “The Expendables 2” from the top slot at the North American box office at the weekend, according to industry estimates released Sunday, September 2.

The newly-released supernatural thriller that stars Kyra Sedgwick and Jeffrey Dean Morgan as divorcing parents trying to rid their daughter of an evil spirit, raked in US$17.7-M, said movie tracker Exhibitor Relations.

Another new release, Depression-era Western “Lawless,” took second place in the rankings but it lagged in takings — generating US$9.7-M on a slow, late summer weekend which was followed by the Labor Day holiday on Monday.

“The Expendables 2” and “The Bourne Legacy” fell to 3rd and 4th places, with US$8.8-M and US$7.2-M in ticket sales, respectively.

“Paranorman,” an animated movie about a boy who can speak to the dead, held onto its spot just behind the two action blockbusters, earning US$6.5-M in box office receipts.

And quirky fantasy-comedy “The Odd Life of Timothy Green” held steady at 6th place, bringing in US$6.1-M.

In 7th was “The Dark Knight Rises,” the latest Batman film, which took in US$5.9-M. The final installment in the trilogy directed by Christopher Nolan has so far raked in more than US$431-M.

Political spoof “The Campaign,” meanwhile, starring Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis, dropped to 8th place, with box office receipts of US$5.4-M, while “2016: Obama’s America,” a documentary by conservative writer and commentator Dinesh D’Souza, came in 9th, with US$5.1-M.

And rounding out the top 10 was Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones’s romantic comedy “Hope Springs,” with US$4.7-M in ticket sales. – Agence France-Presse

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