'The Accountant' posts top total at box office
LOS ANGELES — Ben Affleck is still a big draw outside of the bat suit.
“The Accountant” didn’t play especially well with critics, but audiences, who were 58 percent male and 68 percent over 35, gave it a promising “A” CinemaScore. Estimated weekend ticket sales at U.S. and Canadian theaters:
1. “The Accountant,” $24.7 million
2.“Kevin Hart: What Now?” $11.98 million
3. “The Girl on the Train,” $11.975 million
4. “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children,” $8.9 million
5. “Deepwater Horizon,” $6.4 million
6. “Storks,” $5.6 million
7. “The Magnificent Seven,” $5.2 million
8. “Middle School: The Worst Years,” $4.3 million.
9. “Sully,” $3 million
10. “The Birth of a Nation,” $2.7 million