There are still no runaway hits at the box office this fall, but Ben Affleck managed to uncook the books for a solid debut.
In first this weekend is The Accountant (read our review), which brought in $24.7 million during its first three days. Those figures greatly surpassed the projections heading into Friday, which had the film in the mid-teens. Though the critical reaction was generally mixed, audiences seemed to enjoy it, finding it an entertaining and different vehicle for its star. The Accountant actually made more than Affleck’s own The Town ($23.8 million) and Argo ($19.4 million) did in their opening weekends, so it’s safe to say this film got off to a good start.
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