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The Girl on the Trainopened to a solid $24.7 million from 3,133 theaters over the weekend, easily winning the North American box-office race, The female-fueled Girl on the Train, an adaptation of British author Paula Hawkins’ hit novel and starring Emily Blunt, was produced by Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks for under $50 million and distributed by Universal. The story centers on a woman who thinks she witnesses a murder while riding on the train, but because of her troubled past and problems with alcohol, doesn’t know if she can trust what she believes she’s seen.
The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, October 9, are as follows:
| # | Title | Distributor Name | Weekend Revenue | Cume Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Day Total | # of Locs | Loc Avg | ||||
| 1 | Girl On The Train, The | Universal | $24,663,095 | 3,144 | $7,844 | $24,663,095 |
| 2 | Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children | 20th Century Fox | $15,000,000 | 3,705 | $4,049 | $51,053,483 |
| 3 | Deepwater Horizon | Lionsgate | $11,750,000 | 3,259 | $3,605 | $38,518,388 |
| 4 | Magnificent Seven, The | Sony | $9,150,000 | 3,696 | $2,476 | $75,915,393 |
| 5 | Storks | Warner Bros. | $8,450,000 | 3,608 | $2,342 | $50,118,494 |
| 6 | Birth Of A Nation, The | Fox Searchlight | $7,100,000 | 2,105 | $3,373 | $7,100,000 |
| 7 | Middle School:The Worst Years Of My Life | Lionsgate | $6,900,000 | 2,822 | $2,445 | $6,900,000 |
| 8 | Sully | Warner Bros. | $5,270,000 | 3,058 | $1,723 | $113,485,432 |
| 9 | Masterminds | Relativity Media | $4,100,000 | 3,042 | $1,348 | $12,788,325 |
| 10 | Queen Of Katwe | Disney | $1,618,000 | 1,259 | $1,285 | $5,384,636 |
| 11 | Don’t Breathe | Sony | $1,350,000 | 1,066 | $1,266 | $86,921,355 |
| 12 | Suicide Squad | Warner Bros. | $1,110,000 | 972 | $1,142 | $322,533,924 |
