Weekend Box Office: <i>Girl on the Train</i> Tops <i>Birth of a Nation</i>

The Girl on the Train, the psychological thriller starring Emily Blunt, brought in $24.7 million this weekend, putting it at the top of North American box office sales, according to the Associated Press.

It far surpassed Nate Parker’s The Birth of a Nation, which opened with just $7.1 million. This was a disappointing showing for the Nat Turner biopic, which secured a record $17.