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===Box office===
===Box office===
The film opened the 52nd [[New York Film Festival]], receiving high profile press coverage and early positive reviews. ComingSoon.net predicted an opening weekend box office take of $30–35 million, possibly higher, and that the film would be a $100 million hit.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.comingsoon.net/news/weekendwarriornews.php?id=123464 | title = The Weekend Warrior: Gone Girl, Annabelle, Left Behind | first= Edward|last= Douglas | publisher = ''Comingsoon.net'' | date = September 30, 2014 | accessdate = September 30, 2014}}</ref> [[Fandango]] reported that ''Gone Girl'' accounted for 66% of its advanced sales and outpaced the sales for ''[[Annabelle (film)|Annabelle]]'' (18%), and could land at number one at the box office during its opening weekend.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://deadline.com/2014/10/gone-girl-annabelle-left-behind-box-office-844782/ | title = Box Office Preview: ‘Gone Girl’ & ‘Annabelle’ To Dominate Weekend | first= Scott|last= Bowles | publisher = Deadline.com | date = October 2, 2014 | accessdate = October 3, 2014}}</ref> The film was released on October 3, 2014 in North America in 3,014 theaters and earned $13.2 million on its opening day<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2014/10/04/friday-box-office-annabelle-nabs-15-5m-gone-girl-nabs-13-2m/ | title = Friday Box Office: 'Annabelle' Nabs $15.5M, 'Gone Girl' Nabs $13.2M | author = Scott Mendelson | publisher = ''Forbes'' | date = October 4, 2014 | accessdate = October 5, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://variety.com/2014/film/news/ben-affleck-gone-girl-annabelle-opening-weekend-1201321282/ |title = ‘Gone Girl’ Headed for $38 Mil Weekend Win, ‘Annabelle’ Tops Friday Box Office | author = Maane Khatchatourian | publisher = ''Variety'' | date = October 4, 2014 | accessdate = October 5, 2014}}</ref> (including the $1.3 million it earned from Thursday late-night showings).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://m.hollywoodreporter.com/entry/view/id/686702 | title = Box Office: 'Annabelle' Beats 'Gone Girl' Thursday Night, Both Off to Strong Start | first= Pamela |last= McClintock | publisher = ''The Hollywood Reporter'' | date = October 3, 2014 | accessdate = October 3, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://variety.com/2014/film/news/box-office-annabelle-gone-girl-thursday-1201320352/ | title = Box Office: ‘Annabelle’ Tops ‘Gone Girl’ with $2.1 Million Thursday Night | first= Dave |last=McNary | publisher = ''Variety'' | date = October 3, 2014 | accessdate = October 3, 2014}}</ref> In its opening weekend the film earned $38 million at the North American domestic box office, and a further $24,585,000 internationally, totaling $62,585,000 worldwide.<ref name="mojo" />
The film opened the 52nd [[New York Film Festival]], receiving high profile press coverage and early positive reviews. ComingSoon.net predicted an opening weekend box office take of $30–35 million, possibly higher, and that the film would be a $100 million hit.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.comingsoon.net/news/weekendwarriornews.php?id=123464 | title = The Weekend Warrior: Gone Girl, Annabelle, Left Behind | first= Edward|last= Douglas | publisher = ''Comingsoon.net'' | date = September 30, 2014 | accessdate = September 30, 2014}}</ref> [[Fandango]] reported that ''Gone Girl'' accounted for 66% of its advanced sales and outpaced the sales for ''[[Annabelle (film)|Annabelle]]'' (18%), and could land at number one at the box office during its opening weekend.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://deadline.com/2014/10/gone-girl-annabelle-left-behind-box-office-844782/ | title = Box Office Preview: ‘Gone Girl’ & ‘Annabelle’ To Dominate Weekend | first= Scott|last= Bowles | publisher = Deadline.com | date = October 2, 2014 | accessdate = October 3, 2014}}</ref> The film was released on October 3, 2014 in North America in 3,014 theaters and earned $13.2 million on its opening day<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2014/10/04/friday-box-office-annabelle-nabs-15-5m-gone-girl-nabs-13-2m/ | title = Friday Box Office: 'Annabelle' Nabs $15.5M, 'Gone Girl' Nabs $13.2M | author = Scott Mendelson | publisher = ''Forbes'' | date = October 4, 2014 | accessdate = October 5, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://variety.com/2014/film/news/ben-affleck-gone-girl-annabelle-opening-weekend-1201321282/ |title = ‘Gone Girl’ Headed for $38 Mil Weekend Win, ‘Annabelle’ Tops Friday Box Office | author = Maane Khatchatourian | publisher = ''Variety'' | date = October 4, 2014 | accessdate = October 5, 2014}}</ref> (including the $1.3 million it earned from Thursday late-night showings).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://m.hollywoodreporter.com/entry/view/id/686702 | title = Box Office: 'Annabelle' Beats 'Gone Girl' Thursday Night, Both Off to Strong Start | first= Pamela |last= McClintock | publisher = ''The Hollywood Reporter'' | date = October 3, 2014 | accessdate = October 3, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://variety.com/2014/film/news/box-office-annabelle-gone-girl-thursday-1201320352/ | title = Box Office: ‘Annabelle’ Tops ‘Gone Girl’ with $2.1 Million Thursday Night | first= Dave |last=McNary | publisher = ''Variety'' | date = October 3, 2014 | accessdate = October 3, 2014}}</ref>

In its opening weekend the film earned $38 million and debuted at number one at the North American domestic box office aftee a neck-and-neck competition with [[20th Century Fox]]'s ''Annabelle'' ($37.2 million). Commenting about the heat of the competition between ''Gone Girl'' and ''Annabelle'' Phil Contrino, Vice President and chief analyst at BoxOffice.com said, "we were due for some breakout performances,” and added, "The market has the ability to expand if there are two quality films in it, even if both are R-rated thrillers.”

The film is the biggest debut of Fincher’s, surppressing ''[[Panic Room]]''s gross ($30 million). It is also the third biggest opening for Affleck’s, behind ''[[Daredevil]]'' ($40.3 million) and ''[[Pearl Harbor]]'' ($59.1 million) and Rosamund Pike’s second biggest opening behind ''[[Die Another Day]]'' ($47 million). The film is the tenth biggest October debut overall. It’s the first time since August that two films have generated more than $30 million in ticket sales


The film played 60% female and 75% over-25 years old. It played 67% Caucasian, 11% African-American, 11% Asian or “other,” and 10% Hispanic.


===Critical response===
===Critical response===

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Gone Girl
A man in a blue shirt standing by a body of water, wispy clouds in the blue sky above. A woman's eyes are superimposed on the sky. Near the bottom of the image there are horizontal distortion error lines.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDavid Fincher
Screenplay byGillian Flynn
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJeff Cronenweth
Edited byKirk Baxter
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • September 26, 2014 (2014-09-26) (52nd New York Film Festival)[1]
  • October 3, 2014 (2014-10-03) (United States)[1]
Running time
149 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$61 million[3][4]
Box office$62.6 million[3]

Gone Girl is a 2014 American mystery thriller film directed by David Fincher. It was adapted by Gillian Flynn from her 2012 novel of same name. It stars Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, and Carrie Coon. The film had its world premiere on opening night of the 52nd New York Film Festival on September 26, 2014. It had its nationwide theatrical release on October 3 and received positive reviews from critics.

The film examines dishonesty, the media, the economy's effects on marriage, and appearances. Flynn has said that it deviates from the novel.[5]

Plot

On the day of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne (Affleck) returns home to find his wife Amy (Pike) is missing. Her disappearance creates a media frenzy, and his awkward behavior and lies surrounding the marriage are interpreted by the media and public as evidence of sociopathy for her apparent murder. As circumstantial evidence mounts against him, such as financial troubles and domestic disputes, Nick becomes the prime suspect.

Amy is alive and has staged her own murder in order to frame Nick, as revenge for his infidelity and misogyny during the marriage. She has planted evidence for the police to discover: blood on the kitchen floor (hastily cleaned), the smashed coffee table but undisturbed surroundings that suggests a staged struggle and a diary. She has also appropriated the urine of pregnant neighbor Noelle Hawthorne in order to fake her own pregnancy. Hiding at a distant motel under the guise of 'Nancy', she changes her appearance to start anew and destroy Nick's reputation and freedom.

As Nick's chances of escaping prosecution dwindle, Amy is robbed in her motel room, losing thousands of dollars in cash. Left with only her car and no place to stay, she frantically calls her exceptionally wealthy first boyfriend, Desi Collings (Harris). Believing that he has finally won her heart, Desi agrees to hide Amy in his luxury lake house.

Nick finds evidence of Amy's plot against him and convinces his twin sister Margo (Coon) of his innocence. As the media continues to antagonize Nick, the siblings hire a defense attorney, Tanner Bolt (Perry), who specializes in defending husbands accused of killing their wives, to improve Nick's public perception. Over the course of several weeks, the trio attempt to save Nick's image, whilst Amy in her lake-house hideaway watches the proceedings on television, obsessing over them. After Nick's ex-student and mistress, Andie (Ratajkowski), reveals their year-long affair at a press conference, Nick appears on a talk show to carefully tell his side of the story. He claims that all he wants is for Amy to come home. His story is convincing enough to turn around the public's perception, and even Amy's, who watches the interview with Desi and relishes the public's adoration of their marriage.

The next day, Amy seduces Desi and murders him during sex. She returns home covered in blood, in full view of the television crews parked outside. As Amy claims to have been kidnapped and raped by Desi (claims supported by staged camera footage at Desi's home and Amy's penetrating of herself with a wine bottle, to simulate forced, repeated entry), investigators clear Nick of all wrongdoing. While the local detective in charge of the original investigation finds the circumstances suspicious, Nick and Amy return home together.

After stripping Nick naked and talking in the shower to avoid bugging devices, Amy confesses to Nick about the murder and her reasons for her return. She tells Nick that the man she watched pleading for her return was the man she married, and that she wants him to be that person again. Nick becomes afraid of Amy, as he knows that she is a murderer, and plans to leave her, after exposing Amy's fabrications during an upcoming live television interview.

Amy reveals she is pregnant, using sperm Nick stored at a fertility clinic. Nick reacts violently by slamming her against the wall, but he feels responsible for the child. Despite the protestations of his sister, Nick decides to stay with Amy, and they announce on television that they are expecting a baby together.

Cast

Production

Gone Girl is a film adaptation of the 2012 novel of same name by Gillian Flynn, who also wrote the adapted screenplay. One of the film's producers, Leslie Dixon, read the manuscript of the novel in 2011 and brought it to the attention of Reese Witherspoon in December of that year. Witherspoon and Dixon then collaborated with Bruna Papandrea to develop it. With Flynn's film agent, Shari Smiley, they met with film studios in early 2012.[7] Flynn submitted her first draft screenplay to 20th Centrury Fox in December 2012, before Fincher became the director. Flynn enjoyed the experience of making the film, and appreciated that in Fincher she had "had a great director who really liked the book and didn’t want to turn it into something other than what it already was" and that Fincher reassured her even when she second guessed herself.[8]

On September 11, 2013, the crew began filming establishing shots.[9] Principal photography began on September 15 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and was scheduled to last about five weeks.[10][11] Some scenes were also filmed in Los Angeles.[11]

According to producer Ceán Chaffin, Fincher took on average number as many as fifty takes for each scene.[12]

Music

On January 21, 2014, Trent Reznor announced that he and Atticus Ross would provide the score,[13] marking their third collaboration with Fincher, following The Social Network and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. David Fincher was inspired by music he heard while at the chiropractor, the music "inauthentically trying to make him feel OK" and tasked Reznor with creating the musical equivalent of an insincere facade. The music mixes soothing sounds with staccato electronic noises, resulting in an unnerving and nerve-racking sound.[14]

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The soundtrack album was released on September 30, 2014 by Columbia Records.[15]

All tracks are written by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."What Have We Done to Each Other?"2:30
2."Sugar Storm"2:53
3."Empty Places"2:46
4."With Suspicion"3:16
5."Just Like You"4:11
6."Appearances"2:52
7."Clue One"1:30
8."Clue Two"5:10
9."Background Noise"3:09
10."Procedural"4:30
11."Something Disposable"4:28
12."Like Home"3:39
13."Empty Places (Reprise)"2:20
14."The Way He Looks at Me"3:27
15."Technically, Missing"6:43
16."Secrets"3:08
17."Perpetual"4:00
18."Strange Activities"2:37
19."Still Gone"2:47
20."A Reflection"1:46
21."Consummation"4:09
22."Sugar Storm (Reprise)"0:49
23."What Will We Do?"3:05
24."At Risk" (Album Only)11:05
Total length:86:42
Other music

Richard Butler of The Psychedelic Furs sang a cover of the song She which was used in the teaser trailer for film.[16][17]

Reception

Box office

The film opened the 52nd New York Film Festival, receiving high profile press coverage and early positive reviews. ComingSoon.net predicted an opening weekend box office take of $30–35 million, possibly higher, and that the film would be a $100 million hit.[18] Fandango reported that Gone Girl accounted for 66% of its advanced sales and outpaced the sales for Annabelle (18%), and could land at number one at the box office during its opening weekend.[19] The film was released on October 3, 2014 in North America in 3,014 theaters and earned $13.2 million on its opening day[20][21] (including the $1.3 million it earned from Thursday late-night showings).[22][23]

In its opening weekend the film earned $38 million and debuted at number one at the North American domestic box office aftee a neck-and-neck competition with 20th Century Fox's Annabelle ($37.2 million). Commenting about the heat of the competition between Gone Girl and Annabelle Phil Contrino, Vice President and chief analyst at BoxOffice.com said, "we were due for some breakout performances,” and added, "The market has the ability to expand if there are two quality films in it, even if both are R-rated thrillers.”

The film is the biggest debut of Fincher’s, surppressing Panic Rooms gross ($30 million). It is also the third biggest opening for Affleck’s, behind Daredevil ($40.3 million) and Pearl Harbor ($59.1 million) and Rosamund Pike’s second biggest opening behind Die Another Day ($47 million). The film is the tenth biggest October debut overall. It’s the first time since August that two films have generated more than $30 million in ticket sales


The film played 60% female and 75% over-25 years old. It played 67% Caucasian, 11% African-American, 11% Asian or “other,” and 10% Hispanic.

Critical response

Gone Girl received positive reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a rating of 87%, based on 212 reviews, with an average score of 8 out of 10. The site's consensus states: "Dark, intelligent, and stylish to a fault, Gone Girl plays to director David Fincher's sick strengths while bringing the best out of stars Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike."[24] Metacritic gave the film a score of 79 out of 100, based on 49 reviews.[25]

According to Kenneth Turan, "For once, however, all the fuss is justified. Superbly cast from the two at the top to the smallest speaking parts, impeccably directed by Fincher and crafted by his regular team to within an inch of its life, Gone Girl shows the remarkable things that can happen when filmmaker and material are this well matched."[26]

Anthony Lane wrote: "At first blush, Gone Girl is natural Fincherland... so why doesn’t the movie claw us as The Social Network did? Who could have predicted that a film about murder, betrayal, and deception would be less exciting than a film about a website?"[6]

The Economist called the film a "brilliantly glacial adaptation": "the book's foreboding is recaptured here in full.... What the film naturally loses in ambiguity as a result of having to show its protagonists rather than just describe them, it gains from the two remarkable central performances. Ms Pike, as the insecure Manhattan trust fund princess constantly outdone by the children’s book character—Amazing Amy—she inspired her parents to write, is a frosty, neurotic nightmare. As Nick, with his square-jawed, alpha-male insouciance, Ben Affleck is just the antithesis she’s been looking for. For both actors, a blank look that has in the past made critics question their acting ability now serves them well." The Economist concludes:[5]

"Gone Girl isn’t Mr Fincher's best film. It suffers from too many of the same flaws as the novel: a tendency towards absurdity that undermines its granular observations about the reality of domestic life. And yet this could be Mr Fincher's most exemplary film. He is known for his cold, clever precision, and Gone Girl is ever so cold, ever so precise. It is drowning in muted colours and a sense of inevitability. Like Ms Flynn's novel, its cleverness lies in the fact that it is so raw and yet so empty at the same time. This may not be the perfect film—but it is a perfect adaptation"."

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  16. ^ "'Gone Girl' Trailer With Ben Affleck: 5 Things to Know". Hollywood Reporter. 2014-03-27. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
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  18. ^ Douglas, Edward (September 30, 2014). "The Weekend Warrior: Gone Girl, Annabelle, Left Behind". Comingsoon.net. Retrieved September 30, 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  19. ^ Bowles, Scott (October 2, 2014). "Box Office Preview: 'Gone Girl' & 'Annabelle' To Dominate Weekend". Deadline.com. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  20. ^ Scott Mendelson (October 4, 2014). "Friday Box Office: 'Annabelle' Nabs $15.5M, 'Gone Girl' Nabs $13.2M". Forbes. Retrieved October 5, 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  21. ^ Maane Khatchatourian (October 4, 2014). "'Gone Girl' Headed for $38 Mil Weekend Win, 'Annabelle' Tops Friday Box Office". Variety. Retrieved October 5, 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  22. ^ McClintock, Pamela (October 3, 2014). "Box Office: 'Annabelle' Beats 'Gone Girl' Thursday Night, Both Off to Strong Start". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 3, 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  23. ^ McNary, Dave (October 3, 2014). "Box Office: 'Annabelle' Tops 'Gone Girl' with $2.1 Million Thursday Night". Variety. Retrieved October 3, 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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