Bad evaluations 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.
The Herald’s James Verniere stated in his evaluate, “The Nun II” is “more like an amusement park ride you did not want to take than a movie.” Audiences gave it a C+ CinemaScore. But it hardly issues: Horror is probably essentially the most reliably critic-proof style, no less than in relation to opening weekend.
The Michael Graves-directed sequel starring Taissa Farmiga and Storm Reid fell far in need of the debut for the primary movie ($53.8 million), but it surely’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 effectively internationally, selecting 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 really powerful in terms of the revenue generating potential,” stated Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media analyst for Comscore. “It’s a great bet that Warners made on the horror moviegoing experience never waning.”
And there are a lot of extra scary motion pictures on the calendar by the autumn together with “A Death in Venice,” which opens subsequent week, “Saw 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 Pictures launch added $12.1 million, bringing its home grosses to $61.9 million and its worldwide earnings to $107.7 million.
Third place went to a different new film: The third installment of Nia Vardalos’s “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” 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. Released by Focus Features in 3,650 theaters, the third movie earned an estimated $10 million, overwhelmingly pushed by feminine audiences (71%) who have been 25 or older (83%).
“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.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”