Nightcrawler tops US box office

Nightcrawler has debuted at number one in the US box office.

The thriller sees Jake Gyllenhaal play a freelance crime journalist who becomes increasingly involved with the law-breaking he reports on.

The film took $10.9m in its first weekend, beating last week’s number one Ouija by just $9,000.

Fury stays at three with $9.1m, while Gone Girl is at four.

The Book of Life is at five with $8.3m and John Wick is down by four to six with $8m.

Bill Murray’s St. Vincent is down one to seven having taken $7.75m, while Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day occupies the number eight spot.

The Judge is at nine with $3.4m and Dracula Untold rounds out the Top 10.

The US weekend box office Top 10 for November 2 is as follows:
1. (-) Nightcrawler – $10,909,000
2. (1) Ouija – $10,900,000
3. (3) Fury – $9,100,000
4. (4) Gone Girl – $8,800,000
5. (5) The Book of Life – $8,300,000
6. (2) John Wick – $8,050,000
7. (6) St. Vincent – $7,752,000
8. (7) Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day – $6,485,000
9. (10) The Judge – $3,400,000
10. (9) Dracula Untold – $2,946,000

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