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‘Dark Tower’ Tops Weekend Box Office

RAKING IT IN

‘Dunkirk’ was a close second.

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The Dark Tower topped a slow weekend at the box office, raking in $19.5 million. The film, starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey, took $66 million to make. Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk, which came in first place the last two weekends, made $17.6 million from more than 4,000 locations, pushing its total over $300 million. Emoji Movie earned $12.35 million, while Detroit, directed by Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal, took in only $7.3 million over the weekend.

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