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'The Nun' delivers best opening in 'Conjuring' series with $53.5M

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Rebecca Rubin, Variety.com via Reuters

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/entertainment/09/09/nun.jpg"/><figcaption>A scene from &#x27;The Nun.&#x27; Handout</figcaption></figure></div>LOS ANGELES -- &quot;The Nun&quot; had a divine opening weekend atop the North American box office.Warner Bros. dominated for the fifth weekend in a row as the latest installment in the &quot;Conjuring&quot; series launched with $53.5 million in 3,876 locations. That easily marks the best debut in the series, crushing 2013&#x27;s &quot;The Conjuring,&quot; which previously held the record with $41.8 million. It&#x27;s also the second-best September debut behind Warner Bros. &quot;It.&quot; Overseas, &quot;The Nun&quot; generated a mighty $77.5 million for a global start of $131 million.Corin Hardy&#x27;s horror flick -- starring Demian Bichir and Taissa Farmiga -- broke a number of franchise records this weekend. It had the largest Thursday showing out of the five movies ($5.4 million), as well as the biggest opening day ($22.3 million). Imax screens accounted for $4.5 million of &quot;The Nun&#x27;s&quot; debut.The first four movies in Warner Bros.&#x27; &quot;Conjuring&quot; franchise -- &quot;The Conjuring,&quot; &quot;Annabelle,&quot; &quot;The Conjuring 2,&quot; and &quot;Annabelle: Creation&quot; -- have generated over $1.1 billion globally.&quot;We knew heading into the weekend that anticipation for &#x27;The Nun&#x27; was extremely high across multiple demos, but these results surpassed all our expectations,&quot; Jeff Goldstein, Warner Bros. head of domestic distribution, said. &quot;We anticipate strong word of mouth to carry the film well into the fall, and expect more than a few Nuns showing up on doorsteps and at parties this Halloween!&quot;Warner Bros. is on a hot streak. The studio has topped the domestic box office for five consecutive weekends. It&#x27;s also held the No. 1 and 2 spots for four straight weeks, the first time a studio has held that distinction in 25 years. The studio maintained No. 2 with &quot;Crazy Rich Asians,&quot; which an impressive $13.5 million in its fourth weekend -- a decline of just 13 percent. Jon M. Chu&#x27;s rom-com has now earned $136 million in North America.Among newcomers, STX&#x27;s &quot;Peppermint&quot; opened on par with projections. Jennifer Garner&#x27;s R-rated action thriller secured third place with $13.2 million when it debuted in 2,890 locations.The final new entry of the weekend, faith-based drama &quot;God Bless the Broken Road,&quot; bowed with a dismal $1.5 million on 1,272 screens. The movie is loosely based on the hit Rascal Flatts song and stars &quot;American Idol&quot; alum Jordin Sparks, Robin Givens, Lindsay Pulsipher, and former NFL player LaDainian Tomlinson.Rounding out the top five with impressive holdovers is Warner Bros. shark thriller &quot;The Meg&quot; and Sony&#x27;s &quot;Searching.&quot; &quot;The Meg&quot; earned another $6.1 million for a domestic tally of $131.6 million. Meanwhile, &quot;Searching&quot; brought in $4.5 million, taking its North American total to $14.3 million.At the specialty box office, Magnolia&#x27;s documentary &quot;Kusama - Infinity&quot; opened in just two locations, where it brought in $30,400. That translates to an impressive $15,200 per screen.The first weekend in September is down from last year by 28.3 percent, according to comScore, but that&#x27;s to be expected after &quot;It&quot; came along to smash expectations with its massive $123-million debut. Still, the box office is up a healthy 9.5 percent compared to 2017.

"The Nun" had a divine opening weekend atop the North American box office.

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'The Nun' delivers best opening in 'Conjuring' series with $53.5M

Rebecca Rubin,

Variety.com via Reuters

Published September 10, 2018 12:27 AM PHT

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