Jessica Chastain as Maya in a scene from "Zero Dark Thirty." | AP Photo/Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Jonathan Olley
This undated publicity film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Josh Brolin, left, as Sgt. John O'Mara, and Nick Nolte, as Chief Parker, in Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures drama Gangster Squad, a Warner Bros. Pictures release. To bring the story of mobster Mickey Cohen's reign over post-war Los Angeles to life, the director of Gangster Squad employed Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling and more than 100 irreplaceable vintage American cars. (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Wilson Webb)
This film image released by Open Road Films shows Essence Atkins, left, and Marlon Wayans in a scene from "A Haunted House." (AP Photo/Open Road Films, Will McGarry)
This undated publicity photo released by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. shows Navy SEALs seen through the greenish glow of night vision goggles, as they prepare to breach a locked door in Osama Bin Laden's compound in Columbia Pictures' hyper-realistic new action thriller from director Kathryn Bigelow, "Zero Dark Thirty." (AP Photo/Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Jonathan Olley)
This undated publicity photo released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows, from left, Ryan Gosling as Sgt. Jerry Wooters, Josh Broslin, as Sgt. John OMara, Michael Pena, as Officer Navidad Ramirez, Robert Patrick, as Officer Max Kennard, and Anthony Mackie, as Officer Coleman Harris, in Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures drama, Gangster Squad, a Warner Bros. Pictures release. To bring the story of mobster Mickey Cohen's reign over post-war Los Angeles to life, the director of Gangster Squad employed Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling and more than 100 irreplaceable vintage American cars. (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Wilson Webb)
This film image released by Open Road Films shows, from left, Andrew Daly, Marlene Forte, Essence Atkins, and Marlon Wayans in a scene from "A Haunted House." (AP Photo/Open Road Films, Will McGarry)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Zero Dark Thirty” hunted down the top spot at the box office — and easily won it. Sony Pictures’ Osama bin Laden raid drama nabbed first place with $24 million in its first weekend in wide release, according to studio estimates …