In its second week of release, Gone Girl held off the vampire origin tale, Dracula Untold, over the past weekend. The David Fincher directed thriller pulled another $26.8 million dollars by managing to retain over 70% of its audience from the previous weekend. Typically films drop 50% or more in their second weekend of release. Gone Girl’s strong second weekend speaks to a movie with a strong word-of-mouth buzz and repeat viewers.

Dracula Untold had a decent opening with $23.5 million dollars in its first weekend. Surely this was a slightly underwhelming figure for Universal who plan to use this film as a jumping off point for their monster horror-verse. The Steve Carell family film, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, debuted with $19.1 million dollars, the only kid-friendly entry in the top five. Fourth place belonged to Annabelle, which made $16.4 million dollars for the horror movie spin-off of The Conjuring. Robert Downey Jr. wasn’t able to drown out the negative buzz around his film The Judge. The courtroom drama made $13.3 million dollars in its first week.

Here is the complete breakdown for the weekend of 10/10-10/12:

RANK	MOVIE	WEEKLY GROSS	GROSS TO DATE	WEEKS IN RELEASE	# OF THEATERS
1	Gone Girl 20th Century Fox	$26.8M	$78.3M	2	3284
2	Dracula Untold Universal Pictures	$23.5M	$23.5M	1	2887
3	Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day  Walt Disney Pictures	$19.1M	$19.1M	1	3088
4	Annabelle New Line Cinema	$16.4M	$62.2M	2	3215
5	The Judge Warner Bros. Pictures	$13.3M	$13.3M	1	3003
6	The Equalizer Sony Pictures	$9.7M	$79.9M	3	3117
7	Addicted Lionsgate	$7.6M	$7.6M	1	846
8	The Maze Runner  20th Century Fox	$7.5M	$83.8M	4	3072
9	The Boxtrolls  Focus Features	$6.7M	$41.0M	3	3276
10	Left Behind Freestyle Releasing	$2.9M	$10.9M	2	1887

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Source: Washington Post