Jake Gyllenhaal's "Nightcrawler" was the only sign of life at the box office.
Halloween weekend was a ghost town for new releases, giving the Open Road thriller an easy win. The film was runner-up to the supernatural thriller "Ouija" on Friday when it opened to $3.2 million, but will creep its way to the top, toward a $13 million debut, this weekend.
"Nightcrawler" was close to taking the title of lowest-grossing weekend winner of the year from Marvel-Disney's "Guardians of the Galaxy," which earned $10.4 million in early September in its sixth frame.
The crime drama, which cost $8.5 million to produce, follows Gyllenhaal as a freelancer who's desperate for work when he discovers the dangerous world of L.A. crime journalism, ultimately leading him to go to any extreme for a meaty story.
"Nightcrawler," which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, was bolstered by rave reviews, earning it a 93% ratting on Rotten Tomatoes.
"Ouija" -- last weekend's victor -- grossed $3.5 million Stateside on Friday in its second weekend. Universal's seance pic looks to clear between $10 million and $11 million this weekend, which would mark a 47% decline.
"Ouija" was produced for less than $5 million by Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes and micro-budget master Jason Blum for Universal in tandem with Hasbro.
Holdovers continued to lead the rest of the pack, with the Brad Pitt-starrer "Fury" coming in third. The WWII tank drama made $2 million on Friday as it shot toward $9 to $10 million in its third week. The Sony pic will have earned almost $61 million by weekend's end.
Ben Affleck's "Gone Girl" continued to impress by finishing fourth on Friday in its fifth frame. The martial thriller brought in $1.8 million on Friday and is eyeing almost $8 million this weekend, when it will likely fall to fifth.
The movie is a runaway hit as it stands to earn between $135 million and $136 million by Sunday. "Gone Girl" -- budgeted at $61 million -- has already passed "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" as David Fincher's highest-grossing film in the U.S.
Another Fox title, "The Book of Life," landed in fifth place on Friday with $1.1 million, but will move up to fourth by Sunday. The animated Day of the Dead pic is en route to north of $8 million this weekend, which would mark a 17% decline.
With most studios deciding against releasing new fare on Halloween, especially since it fell on a Friday this year, "Before I Go to Sleep" was this weekend's only other newcomer. The Clarius Entertainment thriller starring Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman bowed to an estimated $571,000 on Friday with a lukewarm weekend launch just north of $2 million.
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