Gone Girl tops US box office
Gone Girl just pipped Annabelle to the top of the US box office this weekend. David Fincher’s adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s popular novel took first place with $38 million, while Annabelle, the prequel to 2013’s The Conjuring was second with $37.2 million. It means that Gone Girl is Fincher’s biggest opening ever, and its star Ben Affleck’s highest debut since Daredevil in 2003.