LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Horror movie "The Possession" kept its hold on the box office title over the weekend with $9.5 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales, according to studio estimates on Sunday.
In a slow weekend, the story about a young girl possessed by a demon came in ahead of Prohibition-era crime drama "Lawless," which grabbed $6 million during its second weekend in theaters.
In third place, new romantic thriller "The Words," starring Bradley Cooper and Zoe Saldana, earned $5 million from Friday through Sunday.
Lions Gate Entertainment released "The Possession." "The Words" was distributed by CBS Films, a unit of CBS Corp. The privately held Weinstein Co released "Lawless."
(Reporting By Lisa Richwine; Editing by Jill Serjeant and Eric Beech)