US Box Office Results: October 3 - 5, 2014

Ben Affleck's GONE GIRL was the number one movie of the weekend, drawing $38 million in its first weekend of release. As an actor, this is Ben's best opening weekend since 2003's DAREDEVIL, which collected over $40 million, and ranks third highest of his career.

Just $800k behind GONE GIRL was the horror film ANNABELL, a prequel to THE CONJURING. The movie is on par with recent other horror film openings and was just a few million behind THE CONJURING's opening weekend ($41.9M).

The third new movie in the top 10 was the remake LEFT BEHIND (#6), staring Nicholas Cage. The film was in less than 2000 theaters and did not have a major marketing push behind it. The original Christian based film, released in 2001 and stared Kirk Cameron, only collected 2.2 million in its opening weekend and grossed a total of $4.2 million.

1. $38.0 million - Gone Girl
2. $37.2 million - Annabelle
3. $19.0 million - The Equalizer
4. $12.4 million - The Boxtrolls
5. $12.0 million - The Maze Runner
6. $6.9 million - Left Behind (2014)
7. $4.0 million - This is Where I Leave You
8. $3.5 million - Dolphin Tale
9. $3.0 million - Guardians of the Galaxy
10. $2.5 million - No Good Deed (2014)