Source: collider.com\By Rahul Malhotra
Taissa Farmiga and Bonnie Aarons return for the horror sequel.
After a minor (and understandable) blip during the pandemic, The Conjuring Universe appears to be back on track thanks to The Nun II. The film passed a couple of significant box office milestones this weekend, despite direct competition from the third installment in director-star Kenneth Branagh’s Hercule Poirot series, A Haunting in Venice. Not only did The Nun II hold on to the top spot at the domestic box office for the second weekend in a row, it also passed the $100 million mark in international territories, and crossed the $150 million mark globally.
With a running domestic total of $56 million, and $102 million from international markets, the horror sequel has now made $158 million worldwide in just around 10 days of release. While it held off competition from India’s Jawan last weekend, it brushed aside the challenge presented by A Haunting in Venice this time around, as it added another $30 million to its account over the weekend.
The movie is currently playing in 72 overseas markets, with the top-performing overseas territories being Mexico ($9.3 million), Brazil ($4.4 million), Indonesia ($4.4 million), Italy ($3.2) and newcomer France ($3.1 million in the opening weekend alone). Major markets still to open are Germany (September 21) and Austria (September 22), followed by Korea (September 27) and finally Japan (October 13). According to Warner Bros. the movie is outpacing fellowConjuring Universe films in like-for-like markets, except for The Nun.
