LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) — Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema’s horror thriller “The Nun II” narrowly beat out a newcomer, twentieth Century Studios’ homicide thriller movie “A Haunting In Venice,” in a detailed race for No. 1 on the North American field workplace this weekend with an estimated three-day cume of 14.7 million U.S. {dollars}, confirmed figures from the measurement agency Comscore on Sunday.
“The Nun II,” directed by Michael Chaves and starring Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet and Bonnie Aarons, has grossed 56.5 million {dollars} after 10 days on the massive scree in North America for a world complete of 158.8 million {dollars}.
The movie is a sequel to 2018’s “The Nun,” the best grossing entry in “The Conjuring” Universe. “The Conjuring” Universe, centered on a sequence of supernatural horror movies, is the best grossing horror franchise in historical past with over 2 billion {dollars} worldwide.
“A Haunting In Venice” lagged barely in second place with a 14.5-million-dollar debut. Based upon Agatha Christie’s novel Hallowe’en Party, the movie, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh, is a sequel to final yr’s “Death on the Nile.”
Rounding out the Top 3, Sony Pictures’ motion movie “The Equalizer 3” earned 7.2 million {dollars} on its third weekend for a North American cume of 73.7 million {dollars}.