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Numbers stack up in favor of 'The Accountant'

October 17, 2016 at 6:00AM
Ben Affleck in "The Accountant."
Ben Affleck stars in “The Accountant.” Warner Bros. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Ben Affleck is still a box office draw outside of the bat suit.

His new thriller "The Accountant" opened to a chart-topping $24.7 million this weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. Gavin O'Connor directed the R-rated movie, starring Affleck as an autistic mathematician. The film didn't play especially well with critics, but audiences, who were 58 percent male and 68 percent over the age of 35, gave it a promising "A" CinemaScore.

The weekend's other new star-driven project, "Kevin Hart: What Now?" narrowly took second place over last week's champ "The Girl on the Train." The Kevin Hart concert film, which Universal Pictures distributed, took in $11.98 million.

"We love Kevin Hart, and we love our association with him," said Nick Carpou, Universal's president of domestic distribution.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday:

1. "The Accountant," $24.7 million.

2. "Kevin Hart: What Now?" $11.98 million.

3. "The Girl on the Train," $11.975 million.

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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 of My Life," $4.3 million.

9. "Sully," $3 million.

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10. "The Birth of a Nation," $2.7 million.

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