The Conjuring: Last Rites’, the supernatural horror film directed by Michael Chaves and starring Vera Farmiga, became this weekend the best opening of the genre so far this year and the third in history, with a collection of 104 million at the international box office and 83 million in the North American market, according to the specialized website Box Office Mojo.
Variety noted that this is the best start of the year for a horror film, ahead of ‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’, which made $51.6 million in the U.S. and $102 million internationally in May.
Likewise, this ninth installment of ‘The Conjuring’ universe was crowned as the third best opening for a film of that genre in history after two other titles that are also from Warner Bros.: ‘It’ (2017), with 123 million in the U.S., and ‘It: Chapter II’ (2019), with 91.
The film was expected to debut with a U.S. gross of $50 million.
The Conjuring 4: Last Rites broke records
At number two this weekend was the filmed version of the musical ‘Hamilton’, with $10 million in the U.S. and no figures yet for the rest of the world, followed by Zach Cregger’s ‘Weapons’, which is in its fifth week and has since accumulated $143 million in the U.S. and $108.5 million at the international box office.
‘Freakier Friday,’ starring Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis and also in its fifth week, appears in fourth place on Box Office Mojo with $87.8 million since its U.S. release and $55.1 in global grosses.
In fifth place was ‘Caught Stealing’, starring Austin Butler, which with the 3.2 million dollars grossed this past weekend in the U.S., reported Agencia EFE, has earned 12.8 million dollars in its first two weeks in theaters, along with another 9.4 million dollars in the rest of the world.
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