LOS ANGELES, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) — Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema’s horror thriller “The Nun II” took the highest spot on the North American field workplace with an estimated three-day cume of 32.6 million U.S. {dollars} on its opening weekend, confirmed figures from the measurement agency Comscore on Sunday.
The movie is a sequel to 2018’s “The Nun,” the very best grossing entry within the “The Conjuring” Universe. “The Conjuring” Universe, centered on a collection of supernatural horror movies, is the very best grossing horror franchise in historical past with over 2 billion {dollars} worldwide.
Directed by Michael Chaves, the movie stars Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet and Bonnie Aarons, coming back from the primary movie.
The movie holds an approval ranking of 45 % primarily based on 86 evaluations thus far on the review-aggregation web site Rotten Tomatoes. It earned a mediocre “C+” on an “A+” to “F” scale from audiences polled by the market analysis agency CinemaScore.
“The Nun II” additionally took in 52.7 million {dollars} internationally this weekend for a world debut of 85.3 million {dollars}.
Sony Pictures’ motion movie “The Equalizer 3” fell to No. 2 on its second weekend with 12.1 million {dollars} for a North American whole of 61.9 million {dollars} by means of Sunday.
Rounding out the Top 3, Focus Features’ romantic comedy movie “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3” earned 10 million {dollars} for its opening debut.