Box Office Top 10: ‘Accountant’ adds $24.7 million

LOS ANGELES – The Ben Affleck thriller “The Accountant” tallied up a healthy launch at the box office, earning $24.7 million in its first days in theaters, pushing last weekend’s winner “The Girl on the Train” to second place with $12.2 million.

The stand-up concert film “Kevin Hart: What Now?” dropped to third place in its debut after initial estimates placed it ahead of “The Girl on the Train” on Sunday. Hart’s film took in $11.8 million.

Holdovers “Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children” placed fourth with $9 million in its third weekend in theaters, and the BP oil spill film “Deepwater Horizon” held onto fifth with $6.4 million.

Last week’s take / total take (weeks in release)

1. “The Accountant” $24,710,273 / $24,710,273 (1)

2. “The Girl On The Train” $12,247,840 / $46,831,435 (2)

3. “Kevin Hart: What Now?” $11,767,210 / $11,767,210 (1)

4. “Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children” $8,959,739 / $65,892,528 (3)

5. “Deepwater Horizon” $6,407,716 / $49,393,048 (3)

6. “Storks” $5,685,078 / $59,229,124 (4)

7. “The Magnificent Seven” $5,235,425 / $84,862,987 (4)

8. “Middle School: The Worst Years Of My Life” $4,346,337 / $13,857,132 (2)

9. “Sully” $2,881,657 / $118,293,294 (6)

10. “The Birth Of A Nation” $2,747,601 / $12,275,735 (2)