The new installment in the “Conjuring” franchise had the series’ best opening weekend to date.
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Although Warner Bros. began the year with a series of flops, including “Mickey 17” and “The Alto Knights,” the new “Conjuring” film became its latest release to gross more than $40 million at the box office on their opening weekends: following “A Minecraft Movie,” “The Accountant 2,” “Final Destination: Bloodlines,” “F1,” “Superman,” and “Weapons.”
The most recent installment of the “Conjuring” franchise, which began with “The Conjuring” in 2013, now has the most successful opening weekend of any film in the franchise—beating out “The Nun,” the 2018 spinoff that grossed $53.8 million its opening weekend.
“The Conjuring: Last Rites” also became the third-biggest horror opening in domestic box office history—falling short of only “It” in 2017 (which grossed $123 million) and “It: Chapter 2” in 2019 ($91 million).How Does “the Conjuring: Last Rites” Compare To This Year’s Other Horror Hits?
Despite a less-than-stellar year for box office sales, “The Conjuring: Last Rites” joins one of several horror films making headlines for unexpected success.
