'Civil War’ continues box-office campaign at No. 1

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“Civil War,” Alex Garland’s ominous American dystopia, remained the top film in theaters in its second week of release.

This image released by A24 shows Kirsten Dunst in a scene from"Civil War." remained the top film in theaters in its second week of release, according to studio estimates Sunday.

That was still a fair result for a film that cost a modest $28 million to make. “Abigail,” which remakes the 1936 monster film “Dracula’s Daughter,” is about a 12-year-old girl taken by kidnappers who soon realize they’ve made a poor choice of hostage. It’s directed by the duo Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett whose production company goes by the name Radio Silence.

Horror films, in recent years among the most reliable cash cows in theaters, also haven’t thus far been doing the automatic business they previous did. According to David A. Gross, who runs the consulting firm Franchise Entertainment Research, horror releases accounted for $2 billion in worldwide sales in 2023.debuted with $9 million in 2,845 theaters.

A bright sign for “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare”: audiences liked it. The film earned an A-minus CinemaScore.

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