Zero Dark Thirty Hunts Down Top Spot; A Haunted House & Gangster Squad Follow
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9:24 am, January 12th, 2013
BOX OFFICE
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Zero Dark Thirty, about the CIA manhunt for Osama bin Laden, is expected to top the weekend box office.
The Oscar-nominated thriller, starring Jessica Chastain, is tracking toward $26 million in its first week of expanded nationwide play.
That would be enough to beat Gangster Squad, the new mob period piece featuring Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Josh Brolin and Sean Penn, which is projected to earn $18.5 million.
A Haunted House, the horror spoof, should be right behind with $17.5 million.
Django Unchained ($11 million) is at #4, followed by Les Miserables ($9.5 million) and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ($8 million).
The family comedy Parental Guidance and the historical drama Lincoln are battling for seventh place, with both movies at approximately $6 million.
Last week’s champ, Texas Chainsaw 3D, has tumbled all the way down to #9 with $5.5 million, just ahead of the Tom Cruise movie Jack Reacher ($5 million).
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