‘The Nun II’ conjures $32.6M to high field workplace

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Like many horrors earlier than it, unhealthy critiques didn’t scare off moviegoers from shopping for tickets for “ The Nun II.” The sequel to the 2018 hit, launched in 3,728 theaters by Warner Bros., topped the field workplace in its first weekend in North American theaters incomes an estimated $32.6 million, the studio stated Sunday.

AP’s Mark Kennedy wrote in his one star assessment that it’s “a film that appears destined to pound a nail into this franchise’s undead coffin” and audiences gave it a C+ CinemaScore. Nevertheless it hardly issues: Horror is probably probably the most reliably critic-proof style, at the least on the subject of opening weekend.

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The Michael Graves-directed sequel starring Taissa Farmiga and Storm Reid fell far wanting the debut for the primary movie ($53.8 million), however it’s nonetheless a strong launch. “The Nun” motion pictures are a part of the so-called Conjuring universe, which now has 9 movies, and $2.1 billion in field workplace, to its identify. The sequel additionally performed properly internationally, choosing up $52.7 million from 69 markets (Mexico being the strongest with $8.9 million) and boosting its international debut to $85.3 million.

“To have a horror universe is admittedly highly effective by way of the income producing potential,” stated Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media analyst for Comscore. “It’s an incredible guess that Warners made on the horror moviegoing expertise by no means waning.”

And there are lots of extra scary motion pictures on the calendar by means of the autumn together with “A Loss of life in Venice,” which opens subsequent week, “Noticed X” on Sept. 29 and “The Exorcist: Believer” on Oct. 6.

“The Nun II” bumped Denzel Washington’s “ Equalizer 3 ” to second place in its second weekend. The Columbia Footage launch added $12.1 million, bringing its home grosses to $61.9 million and its worldwide earnings to $107.7 million.

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Third place went to a different new film: The third installment of Nia Vardalos’s “My Massive Fats Greek Wedding ceremony,” which arrives 21 years after the primary movie turned an enormous sleeper hit incomes some $369 million in opposition to a $5 million manufacturing finances. Launched by Focus Options in 3,650 theaters, the third movie earned an estimated $10 million, overwhelmingly pushed by feminine audiences (71.

Vardalos wrote, directed and stars in “Greek Wedding ceremony 3,” which brings again John Corbett and takes the gang to Greece. AP’s Jocelyn Noveck wrote in her assessment that the film, which has gotten principally poor marks, is “like a thrice-warmed piece of baklava.”

The Indian revenge thriller, “Jawan,” starring Shah Rukh Khan, opened in fourth place with $6.2 million from solely 813 places. It was launched in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. Khan, a Bollywood celebrity, additionally led one other field workplace sensation this 12 months, “Pathaan,” which has made $130 million worldwide.

“Barbie,” which involves VOD on Tuesday, dropped to No. 5 after 8 triumphant weeks with $5.9 million from 3,281 places. The Warner Bros. movie has now made $620.5 million domestically.

Estimated ticket gross sales for Friday by means of Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, in keeping with Comscore. Closing home figures will probably be launched Monday.

1. “The Nun II,” $32.6 million.

2. “The Equalizer 3,” $12.1 million.

3. “My Massive Fats Greek Wedding ceremony 3,” $10 million.

4. “Jawan,” $6.2 million.

5. “Barbie,” $5.9 million.

6. “Blue Beetle,” $3.8 million.

7. “Gran Turismo: Based mostly on a True Story,” $3.4 million.

8. “Oppenheimer,” $3 million.

9. “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,” $2.6 million.