Jake Gyllenhaal stars in the film about an independent reporter crawling the street looking for a story, the film had taken just over $10 million according to early figures which just placed it on top.
Falling to number 2 is Ouija, which is only $9,000 behind the top spot figure, but once full figures are in it could all change.
On the whole it was an incredibly weak weekend at the US box office caused by Halloween being on a weekend night and sporting events.
