《惡靈入侵》奪得上週末北美票房冠軍
'The Possession' took control of the top spot at the box office over the Labor Day weekend.
在恰逢美國勞工節的上週末，電影《惡靈入侵》(The Possession)在票房榜中拔得頭籌。The horror film from Lionsgate scared up the biggest box-office haul of any movie this weekend, taking in $17,725,000 through Sunday, according to early numbers from . Final figures are due out Monday.
這部由獅門影業公司(Lionsgate)製作的恐怖片上週末獲得了最高的票房收入。根據的初步數據，截至週日，這部影片的票房收入已經達到17,725,000美元。'Lawless' (Weinstein Co.) placed second with $9,674,000 and 'Expendables 2″ (Lionsgate) took the third spot with $8,800,000.
溫斯坦影業公司(Weinstein Co.)的電影《無法無天》(Lawless)以9,674,000美元的票房收入排在第二位。獅門影業公司的《敢死隊2》以8,800,000美元的票房收入排名第三。
'The horror genre seems to always have a built-in audience and 'The Possession's' solid performance will kick off a string of horror movies set for the Fall and Holiday period with at least six more in the queue,' Paul Dergarabedian, president of the box-office division of , said via email. Other coming horror movies include 'House at the End of the Street,' the kiddie movie 'Hotel Transylvania,' and 'Paranormal 4.'
票房部總裁德加拉伯迪安(Paul Dergarabedian)在電子郵件中說，恐怖片似乎永遠有一羣鐵桿觀衆，《惡靈入侵》有力的票房表現將爲秋季和假期季一系列恐怖片的上映拉開序幕，在它後面至少還有六部恐怖片。接下來即將上映的恐怖片包括《街尾之宅》(House at the End of the Street)、動畫片《精靈旅社》(Hotel Transylvania)以及《靈動：鬼影實錄4》(Paranormal 4)。The anti-Obama documentary '2016: Obama's America' (Rocky Mountain Pictures) placed ninth with $5,103,382.
反奧巴馬的紀錄片《2016：奧巴馬的美國》(Rocky Mountain Pictures)以5,103,382美元的票房收入排在第九位。'It's playing remarkably well considering how many theaters it is now playing in, but the per-theater average is of course going down with more empty seats for Clint Eastwood to chat with in theaters,' Mr. Dergarabedian said. He said widespread news coverage of the movie is helping to attract filmgoers. 'Lots of coverage equals huge awareness big bucks,' he added.
德加拉伯迪安說，考慮到放映這部影片的電影院數量，這部片子的表現相當不錯，但是隨着空座率的上升，這部電影在每家影院的平均票房收入毫無疑問在下降。他說，對這部電影的大範圍新聞報道有效地吸引了觀衆。他補充說，大量宣傳意味着知名度的提高，最終會帶來大筆收入。
