THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER has converted Moviegoers, taking top spot at the Box Office this weekend in its debut with $28 million from 3,663 theatres for Universal Pictures. This latest installment in the Franchise which brings back Ellen Burstyn from the 1973 original film, gets 26% on the Tomatometer.
Second is last week’s champ, PAW PATROL: THE MIGHTY MOVIE, taking $11.5 million from 4,027 theatres for Elevation Pictures/Paramount Pictures. It totals $38.6 million over two weekends.
Third goes to SAW X with $8.6 million from 3,262 theatres for Lionsgate/Cineplex Pictures, a tally of $33 million weekend over two weekends.
In fourth we’ve got THE CREATOR with $5.3 million from 3,680 theatres for 20th Century Studios, bringing its run to $24.1 million in its second weekend.
THE NUN 2 caps things off with $2.6 million, a total $81 million for Warner Bros. in North America.
PAW PATROL: THE MIGHTY MOVIE is unstawppable in its opening! The second installment in the Franchise takes $22 million from 3,644 theatres for Elevation Pictures/Paramount Pictures. It gets 80% on the Tomatometer. Its previous installment in 2021 opened with $13 million amidst the Pandemic. It also has the distinction of widest opening in Canada since 2011, playing at 404 screens, and also the biggest opening for a Canadian film in the North American Box Office over the last ten years!
Second is SAW X which is garnering some fantastic reviews with 87% on the Tomatometer, pulling-in $17.5 from 3,262 theatres for Cineplex Pictures/Lionsgate. Best opening for the Franchise still goes to 2006’s SAW III with $33.6 million.
Third this weekend is THE CREATOR with $16 million from 3,680 theatres for 20th Century Studios. The latest from Gareth Edwards gets 67% on the Tomatometer.
Fourth goes to THE NUN 2 with $5 million from 2,871 theatres for Warner Bros., a tally of $77 million in its fourth weekend.
Rounding things out is A HAUNTING IN VENICE with $4 million for 20th Century Studios, a total run of $31.8 million to date.
It was a very close finish at the Movies this weekend with THE NUN 2 prevailing in its third weekend out with $8.4 million for Warner Bros. from 3,536 theaters. It has grossed $69 million over three weeks.
New challenger EXPEND4BLES debuted with $8.3 million from 3,518 theaters for Lionsgate, getting 14% on the Tomatometer. Top opening for the franchise goes to the first film in the Series, with $34 million in 2010.
A HAUNTING IN VENICE lands in third with $6.3 million from 3,305 theatres, a two week tally of $25.3 million for 20th Century Studios.
EQUALIZER 3 is fourth with $4.7 million from 3,270 theatres, a total $81.2 million grossed over four weeks for Sony Pictures.
BARBIE rounds out the Top Five with $3.2 million from 2,634 theaters, totalling $630 million over ten weeks for Warner Bros.
A HAUNTING IN VENICE takes the throne in a bit of a slower weekend at the Movies. It debuts with $14 million from 3,305 theatres for 20th Century Studios, This latest installment in this Kenneth Branagh-directed Agatha Chrstie franchise gets an improved 78% on the Tomatometer.
Second is THE NUN 2 with $14.6 million from 3,743 theates for Warner Bros., a tally of $56.3 million over to weekends.
Third spot goes to EQUALIZER 3 with $7.3 million from 3,528 theatres, a three weekend run to date of $73.8 million for Sony Pictures.
In fourth is MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 3 with $4.6 million from 3,678 theatres for Universal Pictures Canada, a two-week total of $18.4 million.
Fifth is BARBIE with $3.6 million, a nine week run of $625 million for Warner Bros.
THE NUN 2 debuts atop the Box Office with a huge opening, getting $32 million from 3,728 theatres for Warner Bros. Critics gave this Sequel 41% on the Tomatometer, but audiences clearly didn’t care. Its predecessor opened in 2018 with $53 million.
In second is THE EQUALIZER 3, with $12 million from 3,965 theatres for Sony Pictures, a two week tally of $61 million.
Third is MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 3 with $10 million from 3,650 theatres for Universal Pictures. This latest installment gets 30% on the Tomatometer. Don’t scoff, this Franchise has grossed almost $500 million worldwide!
JAWAN opens in fourth with $6.1 million for Yash Raj. The Bollywood flick gets 95% on the Tomatometer.
BARBIE rounds things out with $5.9 million for Warner Bros., now at $620 million domestically.
Warner Bros. Pictures Canada x Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to win passes to an Advance Screening of THE NUN II.
SCREENING DETAILS:
Toronto | 09/06 | 7:00 PM | Cineplex |
SYNOPSIS:
New Line Cinema brings you the horror thriller “The Nun II,” the next chapter in the story of “The Nun,” the highest grossing entry in the juggernaut $2 billion “The Conjuring” Universe.
1956 – France. A priest is murdered. An evil is spreading. The sequel to the worldwide smash hit follows Sister Irene as she once again comes face-to-face with Valak, the demon nun.
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THE NUN II arrives in theatres September 8, 2023.
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Director Eli Roth might be known to us for his Cult Classics and Horrors, but he makes his first foray into the children’s genre a winning one. THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS opens on-top with $24.6 from 3,592 theatres for Universal Pictures. Starring Jack Black and Cate Blanchett, the Film gets 67% on the Tomatometer and a B+ CinemaScore.
In second is A SIMPLE FAVOR with $10.5 million also for Universal Pictures. The Thriller starring Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick, also Director Paul Feig’s first try in Film outside of Comedy, has made $32.7 million over two weeks.
In third is THE NUN with $9.4 million for Warner Bros., just surpassing $100 million domestically in three weeks.
THE PREDATOR lands in fourth with $8 million for 20th Century Fox, a total $39.7 in two weeks for the TIFF ’18 Midnight Madness selection.
CRAZY RICH ASIANS still continues to slay in fifth with $6.3 million, tallying $159.2 million now over six weeks for Warner Bros.
FAHRENHEIT 11/9 opens with $2.8 million from 1,719 theatres, in eighth. This latest effort from Documentarian Michael Moore, gets 80% on the Tomatometer and an A CinemaScore for Briarcliffe Entertainment and levelFILM.
LIFE ITSELF which like the Moore Film just debuted at TIFF ’18, opens in ninth with $2.1 million for Amazon Films/VVS Films, getting 13% on the Tomatometer and a B+ CinemaScore. It has an all-star Cast including Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Annette Bening, Mandy Patinkin and Olivia Cooke.
Rounding-out the Top Ten is THE MEG with $2.1 million, a total $140.3 million over seen week for Warner Bros.
THE PREDATOR, hot off its TIFF ’18 debut last week, preys upon the competition and devours them to the tune of $24.7 million from 4,037 theatres at the Box Office this weekend, taking top spot for 20th Century Fox. It gets 34% on the Tomatometer and a C+ CinemaScore.
In second is last week’s champ THE NUN, which takes $19 million in its second week for Warner Bros. The latest in the bankable Conjuring Franchise has a two week tally of $86 million domestically.
Debuting in third is A SIMPLE FAVOR, Director Paul Feig‘s first foray into Thrillers. It opens with $16 million from 3,102 theatres for Lionsgate Films/eOne Films with 82% on the Tomatometer and also a B+ CinemaScore.
Another TIFF ’18 selection, WHITE BOY RICK opens in fourth with $9.3 million from 2,504 theatres for Sony Pictures. It gets 63% on the Tomatometer and B CinemaScore.
Rounding-out the Top Ten is MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT with $2.3 million for Paramount Pictures. It tallies approximately $215 million in its North American run to date.
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