Ben Affleck's drama 'Argo' and the
horror film 'Sinister' battled at the box office over the weekend, but neither succeeded in
taking the crown from action thriller 'Taken 2'
本•阿弗莱克(Ben Affleck)的影片《逃离德黑兰》(Argo)和恐怖片《险恶》(Sinister)上周末展开票房大战,但二者都未能从动作惊悚片《飓风营救2》(Taken 2)的手中夺得票房桂冠。
The Liam Neeson vehicle, from News Corp .'s Twentieth Century Fox, earned $22.5 million in its second
weekend in theaters, bringing its cumulative
domestic ticket sales to $86.8 million. (News Corp. also owns The Wall Street Journal.)
由新闻集团(News Corp)旗下二十世纪福克斯公司(Twentieth Century Fox)发行、连姆•尼森(Liam Neeson)主演的《飓风营救2》上映第二个周末票房收入2,250万美元,美国本土票房累计达到8,680万美元。(新闻集团还拥有《华尔街日报》。)
'Argo,' about the
rescue of six Americans during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, came in second place,
taking in $20.1 million. The $44 million film from Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Bros. Pictures was directed by and co-stars Mr. Affleck as Tony Mendez, a real-life Central Intelligence Agency operative who helped engineer a fake Hollywood film production as a cover story for the
rescue of the diplomats from the Canadian ambassador's home in Iran.
《逃离德黑兰》讲述了在1979年伊朗人质危机事件中营救六名美国人的故事。该片位列票房榜亚军,收入2,010万美元。这部影片耗资4,400万美元,由时代华纳(Time Warner Inc.)旗下华纳兄弟影业公司(Warner Bros. Pictures)出品,本•阿弗莱克导演并出演托尼•门德斯(Tony Mendez)一角。这个角色是一名中央情报局(Central Intelligence Agency)特工,帮助制作了一部假的好莱坞影片作为掩护,目的是从加拿大驻伊朗大使的住所救出那些外交人员。
Following closely on that movie's heels was 'Sinister,' distributed by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., LGF -0.72% 's Summit Entertainment and produced by Jason Blum, of the 'Paranormal Activity' franchise. On just a $3 million budget, the film