Monday, September 10, 2012

'The Possession' scares up box office win

By Lisa Richwine, Reuters

LOS ANGELES?-- Horror movie "The Possession" kept its hold on the box office title over the weekend with $9.5 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales, according to studio estimates on Sunday.

Diyah Pera / Lionsgate via AP

Natasha Calis stars as Em in the film, "The Possession."

In a slow weekend, the story about a young girl possessed by a demon came in ahead of Prohibition-era crime drama "Lawless," which grabbed $6 million during its second weekend in theaters.

In third place, new romantic thriller "The Words," starring Bradley Cooper and Zoe Saldana, earned $5 million from Friday through Sunday.

Lions Gate Entertainment released "The Possession." "The Words" was distributed by CBS Films, a unit of CBS Corp. The privately held Weinstein Co released "Lawless."

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