Universal’s ‘Girl on the Train’ Tops Fox’s ‘Birth of a Nation’

Associated Press: The fast-tracked big-screen adaptation of “The Girl on the Train” led North American theaters in ticket sales with $24.7 million. Less successful was Nate Parker’s Nat Turner biopic “The Birth of a Nation,” which moviegoers largely greeted with a shrug after a 17-year-old rape allegation resurfaced against its star and director.