LOS ANGELES — Liam Neeson’s “Taken 2″ has defended its box-office title with a narrow win over Ben Affleck’s “Argo.”
Sunday studio estimates put 20th Century Fox’s action sequel “Taken 2″ at No. 1 with $ 22.5 million in its second weekend. “Taken 2″ raised its domestic total to $ 86.8 million.
Affleck’s “Argo,” an Iranian hostage thriller from Warner Bros., opened in second-place with $ 20.1 million.
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