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Summary The newly-released supernatural thriller raked in $17.7 million.
Horror flick The Possession exorcised A-list action romp The Expendables 2 from the top slot at the North American box office at the weekend, according to industry estimates released Sunday.The newly-released supernatural thriller, which stars Kyra Sedgwick and Jeffrey Dean Morgan as divorcing parents trying to rid their daughter of an evil spirit, raked in $17.7 million, said movie tracker Exhibitor Relations.Another new release, Depression-era Western Lawless, took second place in the rankings but it lagged in takings -- generating $9.7 million on a slow, late summer weekend which will be followed by the Labor Day holiday on Monday.The Expendables 2 and The Bourne Legacy fell to third and fourth places, with $8.8 million and $7.2 million in ticket sales, respectively.Paranorman, an animated movie about a boy who can speak to the dead, held onto its spot just behind the two action blockbusters, earning $6.5 million in box office receipts.And quirky fantasy-comedy The Odd Life of Timothy Green held steady at sixth place, bringing in $6.1 million.In seventh was The Dark Knight Rises, the latest Batman film, which took in $5.9 million. The final installment in the trilogy directed by Christopher Nolan has so far raked in more than $431 million.Political spoof The Campaign, meanwhile, starring Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis, dropped to eighth place, with box office receipts of $5.4 million, while 2016: Obamas America, a documentary by conservative writer and commentator Dinesh DSouza, came in ninth, with $5.1 million.And rounding out the top 10 was Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Joness romantic comedy Hope Springs, with $4.7 million in ticket sales.
