At box office

is about the working-class families of two young girls who are abducted. In a story heavy with allegory, Jackman plays a father willing to cross moral lines for justice. Gyllenhaal stars as the smalltown police detective trying to navigate the case.

Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner Bros, said the audience was 74% under the age of 50. The film, he noted, was launched ‘‘very similarly’’ to Warner Bros.’s October-released Argo, which, like Prisoners, premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and then the Toronto International Film Festival.

In limited release, two other adultoriented films opened well. Ron Howard’s Formula One tale Rush opened with a $40,000 per-cinema average in five places. And the romantic comedy Enough Said, which co-stars James Gandolfini in one of his final performances, took in a perscreen average of $60,000, opening in four cinemas. Both films expand in the US next week.

Prisoners, Rush and Enough Said have all received good reviews.

‘‘A few years ago, people were saying that the adult drama is dead,’’ said Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for Hollywood.com. ‘‘We’re just seeing a change. Now we’re finding that intersection between good movies that are also generating big box office.’’

Last week’s top film, Insidious: Chapter 2, slid to second place for FilmDistrict. The horror film made $14.5 million in its second weekend, according to studio estimates on Sunday. It has made $60.9 million in two weeks domestically.

The Chris Brown dance film Battle Of The Year opened poorly for Sony Pictures’ Screen Gems, taking in only $5 million.

Warner Bros.’s 3D conversion of The Wizard Of Oz made $3 million, opening on 318 IMAX screens.