For a second consecutive weekend, "Civil War" held the top spot of the box-office weekend, albeit by a mere margin of $0.9 million.

As do many other successful horror films, "Abigail" promises one narrative trope only to trip up the audience with a remarkably entertaining adventure yarn.

As far as period piece spy thrillers go, director Guy Ritchie’s "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare" stands near the top of the genre.