The Nun delivers highest opening weekend of Conjuring Universe
The latest film from The Conjuring Universe, The Nun, took $3.708m over its first weekend in the Australian box office, making it the highest opening weekend of the five films to date.
Distributed by Warner Brothers, The Nun is based on the lives of a priest and a novice who are sent to the Vatican in 1952 to investigate the death of a young nun. It ran across 325 screens.
With almost $4m in sales, The Nun had the highest opening weekend for the ‘universe’, which includes The Conjuring, The Conjuring 2, Annabelle and Annabelle: Creation.
The Conjuring made $1.785m on its opening weekend in 2013, while The Conjuring 2, which premiered in 2016, took $3.527m on its opening weekend.
Annabelle made $1.904m in 2014 when it premiered and Annabelle: Creation, which ran last year, premiered with $2.287m.
But The Nun failed to earn as much as Crazy Rich Asians, which attracted an additional $4m in earnings on the weekend. Since its premiere, Crazy Rich Asians has collected $13.286m.
Transmission’s Book Club made $795,917 over the weekend, boosting total earnings to $4.983m. The Meg, according to the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia Report, collected an extra $698,541.
A Simple Favour, which stars Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick, entered box office with a number of pre-release screenings over the weekend. Directed by Paul Feig, the film is based on a mummy blogger who seeks to uncover the truth behind her best friend’s disappearance from their town. It made $615,746 on its first weekend across 314 screens. The movie officially premieres on September 13.
Title (Distributor) | Weekend B/O | Screens | Total B/O |
---|---|---|---|
Crazy Rich Asians (Wb) | $4,087,157 | 383 | $13,286,740 |
The Nun (Wb) | $3,708,520 | 325 | $3,708,520 |
Book Club (Transmission) | $795,917 | 279 | $4,983,176 |
The Meg (Wb) | $698,541 | 314 | $9,322,662 |
A Simple Favour (Roadshow) | $615,746 | 208 | $615,746 |
Mile 22 (Roadshow) | $561,067 | 225 | $2,079,000 |
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (Paramount) | $494,127 | 185 | $18,728,873 |
Blackkklansman (Universal) | $282,296 | 149 | $3,446,257 |
Teen Titans Go! To The Movies! (Wb) | $247,651 | 230 | $250,529 |
Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again (Universal) | $145,828 | 161 | $22,241,780 |
Slender Man (Sony) | $121,710 | 150 | $1,702,700 |
Happytime Murders (Roadshow) | $105,414 | 214 | $1,375,811 |
Luis And The Aliens (Icon) | $96,387 | 169 | $315,540 |
The Merger (Umbrella Ent.) | $93,431 | 80 | $186,472 |
The Wife (Icon) | $87,977 | 76 | $2,704,205 |
The Insult (Palace) | $73,075 | 24 | $343,048 |
Mcqueen (Madman) | $71,952 | 18 | $128,453 |
Working Class Boy (Universal) | $67,205 | 82 | $753,162 |
Big Brother (Magnum) | $55,987 | 16 | $55,987 |
Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation (Sony) | $46,493 | 53 | $18,888,166 |
Hey Mumbrella,
A Simple Favour actually releases next Thursday, these were the pre-release screenings so technically it’s not it’s first weekend out.
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Hi Release Dates,
Thanks for flagging. I have amended this now.
Cheers,
Zoe – Mumbrella