HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — The Social Network still has a lot of friends.
The David Fincher film took in $15.5 million to remain No. 1 at the box office for the second straight weekend, according to studio estimates released Sunday.
Fincher’s drama traces the history of Facebook from Harvard University, where computer whiz Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) and best friend Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield) launched the blockbuster site. The film is based on the book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich.
Life as We Know It, a romantic comedy starring Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel, opened in second place at $14.6 million.
Coming in third was another debut, Secretariat. The horse-racing drama starring Diane Lane took in $12.6 million over the weekend.
The top five was rounded out by Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole ($7 million) and My Soul to Take ($6.9 million), which finished fourth and fifth, respectively.
Weekend Box Office Oct. 8-10:
1. The Social Network, $15.5 million.
2. Life as We Know It, $14.6 million.
3. Secretariat, $12.6 million.
4. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole, $7 million.
5. My Soul to Take, $6.9 million.
6. The Town, $6.4 million.
7. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, $4.6 million.
8. Easy A, $4.2 million.
9. Case 39, $2.6 million.
10. You Again, $2.5 million.
