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'Civil War' continues box-office campaign at No. 1

This image released by A24 shows Kirsten Dunst in a scene from 'Civil War'. (A24 via AP)

"Civil War," Alex Garland's ominous American dystopia, remained the top film in theaters in its second week of release, according to studio estimates Sunday.

The A24 election-year gamble, the indie studio's biggest budgeted film yet, took in $11.1 million in ticket sales at 3,929 theaters over the weekend. The $50 million film, set in a near-future U.S. in which Texas and California have joined in rebellion against a fascist president, has grossed $44.9 million in two weeks.

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