低成本的恐怖片《心中的恶魔》在放映周末便以其独特问鼎北美票房榜。上周名《碟中谍4》跌落到第二名的位置。这部小成本的影片也为很多业界的导师带来了不小的惊喜。
    《心中的恶魔》所讲的是一个驱魔的故事。其中穿插了“谋杀”“恶灵附身”以及“母女情深”的桥段，在恐怖氛围的渲染上也是不遗余力。这段发生在意大利的有 关“心魔”的故事征服了观众，赢得票房的同时也获得了不错的口碑。并且一举击败了众多热门影片，迅速窜上票房榜首。究竟哪些大热影片被挤落？下面的报道一 目了然。

The Devil Inside tops US box office
 
Paramount bought the film, co-written and directed by William Brent Bell, for $1m
Low budget horror film The Devil Inside has spirited its way to the top of the North American box office, taking $34.5m (£22.4m) on its opening weekend.
It is the tale of a woman investigating exorcisms performed on her mother.
Like Paranormal Activity and Cloverfield before it, the film is released by studio Paramount and is filmed in a mock-documentary style.
Last week's number one, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, dropped to two, with receipts of $20.5m (£13.3m).
As with 2007's Paranormal Activity, which has gone on to spawn two sequels, and 2008's Cloverfield, which topped the US and Canada box office in January 2008, The Devil Inside benefited from a cryptic online marketing push.
Don Harris, president of domestic distribution for Paramount, said: "The marketing campaign was very much like Paranormal [Activity].
"It was online, trying to find the younger movie-goer, the fans for this genre."
Paramount bought the independently-produced film - which has been widely slated by critics - for just $1m (£648,000).
The success of the film, the only new release in the US last week, took many industry experts by surprise.
"This one caught everyone looking, but the devil got his due," said Hollywood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian said.
"It's just very difficult to track the horror fan base, no question about it."
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows dropped a place to number three, taking $14.1m (£9.1m).
Guy Ritchie's film, starring Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law, has now taken $157.4m (£102m) in North America since its release on 16 November.
David Fincher's film adaptation of Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo climbed a place to number four, with $11.3m (£7.3m).
And family film Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked dropped two to five, taking $9.5m (£6.2m).