The fourth film in the horror franchise 'Paranormal Activity' scared up enough business to win at the box office, although it didn't beat the openings of the series' other sequels. 系列恐怖影片《灵动：鬼影实录》(Paranormal Activity)的第四集做足了种种恐怖元素，自然也赢得了上周末北美票房榜的冠军。不过这部影片上映首周末的票房成绩不敌该系列影片中的其它几部。
Distributed by Viacom Inc.'s Paramount Pictures, 'Paranormal Activity 4' took in $30.2 million in its first weekend in theaters in North America, a significant drop from the opening haul of the third film in the franchise, which earned $52.6 million. 维亚康姆(Viacom Inc.)旗下派拉蒙影业(Paramount Pictures)发行的《灵动：鬼影实录4》在北美上映的首周末获得了3,020万美元的收入，远低于《灵动：鬼影实录3》上映首周末获得的5,260万美元的票房成绩。
Still, like the other films in the franchise, 'Paranormal Activity 4' is 'extremely profitable,' said Paramount's head of domestic distribution and marketing, Megan Colligan, since it was made on a budget of just $5 million. 派拉蒙影业负责美国国内影片发行和营销的主管科利根(Megan Colligan)说，同该系列其它几部影片一样，《灵动：鬼影实录4》会带来“极其丰厚的利润”。因为这部影片是按照500万美元的预算成本制作出来的。
The franchise's global cumulative grosses since its launch in 2009 stand at $632 million. 自该系列影片2009年推出以来其全球累计票房收入已经达到6.32亿美元。
In second place was 'Argo,' the Ben Affleck-directed drama about a far-fetched plot to rescue six Americans during the Iranian hostage crisis. Taking in $16.6 million, the film, distributed by Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Bros. Pictures, grossed just 15% less than its opening weekend, likely due to strong word-of-mouth reviews. The cumulative domestic grosses for the $44 million 'Argo' now stands at $43.2 million. 在票房榜上排在第二位的是本•阿弗莱克(Ben Affleck)执导的影片《逃离德黑兰》(Argo)。影片讲述的是在多年前发生的伊朗人质危机中营救六名美国人的故事。由时代华纳(Time Warner Inc.)旗下华纳兄弟影业(Warner Bros)发行的这部影片上周末获得了1,660万美元的票房，这一数字只比其上映首周末的票房低15%，良好的口碑可能是该片票房始终不错的原因。制作成本4,400万美元的《逃离德黑兰》在美国国内的累计票房收入已经达到4,320万美元。
'Hotel Transylvania,' the animated family film from Sony Corp.'s Sony Pictures Animation, continued a strong run at the box office, earning $13.5 million in its fourth week in theaters, and bringing its cumulative domestic grosses to $119 million. 索尼(Sony Corp.)旗下Sony Pictures Animation发行的动画片《精灵旅社》(Hotel Transylvania)在票房榜上继续表现抢眼。在上映的第四个周末其票房收入为1,350万美元，其在美国国内的累计票房收入因此达到1.19亿美元。
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