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Box office report: \'Ouija\' almost steals No. 1 spot from \'Nightcrawler\'

Halloween doesn’t always fall on a weekend, but when it does, it tends to hit the box office hard: People are too busy dressing up and taking their kids trick-or-treating to go to the movies. And while the weekend’s overall gross wasn’t too impressive—at $94.4 million, the box office hit its lowest since Sept. 12’s $91.1 million weekend—

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a thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal in a performance that many critics have deemed a career high for the actor, opened with $10.91 million. Made on a budget of $8.5 million by Open Road Films, $10.91 million is a win for 

“We are excited about it,” CMO of Open Road Films, Jason Cassidy, told 

“It’s a great movie and it’s been so well reviewed. We think we’ll have a nice run on it.”

Another movie that’s having a nice run: 

a horror film that had a successful $20 million opening last weekend and almost snuck into the top spot again for a second time with a $10.9 million weekend. A good chunk of its success came, predictably, on Friday when it grossed more than any other film with $3.5 million, probably thanks to younger audiences who flocked to theaters to get a good, old-fashioned thrill.

with a $9.1 million weekend. The film, which stars headline grabbers like Brad Pitt and Shia LaBeouf, has earned $60 million to date and was a historical (and, more notably, non-scary) alternative to other films out now. 

with a $8.8 million weekend, proving it’s going to take a lot to slow Amazing Amy down: The thriller, based on Gillian Flynn’s book of the same name, has earned $136.6 million since its Oct. 3 debut and only experienced a 21 percent drop from last weekend.

looked like it was going to break the top five thanks to critical buzz, animated comedy 

took the fifth spot instead with $8.3 million. The film, distributed by 20th Century Fox, features voice acting by stars like Diego Luna, Zoe Saldana, and Channing Tatum, but the real draw is its kid-friendliness. 

is one of few films out now that doesn’t carry a PG-13 or R rating, leaving parents who want to take their kids to the theater essentially no choice. It helps that the film centers around Mexico’s Day of the Dead, a detail that makes 

$10.9 million ($35 million domestic total)

– $9.1 million ($60.4 million domestic total)

– $8.8 million ($136.6 domestic total)

– $8.3 million ($40.5 domestic total)

grossed $8.05 million—a 43 percent decrease in sales from last weekend’s $14.15 million—which brings its domestic total to $27.6 million. 

, the comedy starring Bill Murray, followed with $7.75 million, bringing its domestic total to $19.5 million after four weeks on the big screen.

didn’t fare quite as well. The film, starring Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth, opened in over 1,900 theaters but made just $2.03 million. 

however, opened in over 2,000 theaters for its 10th anniversary and didn’t even break the million mark: Its weekend total was $650,000. Fox Searchlight’s 

starring Michael Keaton, expanded this weekend into 231 theaters and earned $2.5 million.

opened in Russia two weeks ago and has earned $10.3 million so far. The animated film opens next weekend in the U.S. alongside Christopher Nolan’s heavily anticipated

is still kicking in China, where it’s grossed $94.3 million to date, bringing its global total to $765 million.

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