Update: Sunday morning
New Line and Warner Bros.' spooky The Conjuring 2 easily beat big-budget video game adaptation Warcraft and Now You See Me 2 at the North American box office with a stellar $40.4 million debut from 3,343 theaters, the largest horror opening since the first Conjuring in July 2013 and the biggest ever for the month of June.
At a time when many sequels are badly underperforming, the James Wan-directed film is proving an exception, placing not far behind The Conjuring ($41.9 million). It's also impressing overseas, grossing $50 million from 44 markets for an early worldwide total of $90.4 million and scoring the top start of all time for a horror title in 26 markets, including Mexico ($9.1 million), Brazil ($3.7 million) and Australia ($2.7 million).
Legendary and Universal's Warcraft bombed in its U.S. debut with $24.4 million from 3,400 locations despite a hefty net budget of $160 million. The adaptation of Activision Blizzard's video game earned a B+ CinemaScore.
Preview:
Though 2016 has become a graveyard for high-profile sequels (Alice Through the Looking Glass, Zoolander 2, The Divergent Series: Allegiant, Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, and The Huntsman: Winter’s War have all underperformed in North America), both cinematic continuations hitting theaters Friday are on-track for suitable grosses, with The Conjuring 2 poised to take the crown after the dazzling run of its predecessor in 2013. While it is expected to disappoint in North America, Warcraft, however, could put up a worthy fight for the No. 2 slot, with big foreign totals continuing to roll in for the expensive video game adaptation that has thus far grossed more than $90 million in China alone.
1. The conjuring 2- 35 million
Taking the summer 2013 box office by storm, Warner Bros.’ The Conjuring, based on the spooky real-life dealings of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, grossed $41.9 million in its opening weekend nearly three years ago. Its sequel, also directed by James Wan with Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson returning, is opening on approximately 3,200 screens this weekend, and will bring the series back to No. 1 at the weekend box office.
For starters, strong critical reviews for a modern horror film are almost an anomaly, but The Conjuring 2 has them, as 65 percent of critics surveyed by Rotten Tomatoes have given the film a positive review (the average score is also a 6.5/10). The film is also tracking well with younger audiences, though cross-demographic appeal is largely what contributed to the first film’s overwhelming success around the world.
On top of his success directing action movies like Furious 7 to $1.5 billion worldwide, Wan has a great track record when it comes to directing profitable horror films, tracing back to his feature debut with Saw ($103.9 million worldwide on a $1.2 million budget), Insidious ($97 million worldwide on a $1.5 million budget), and Insidious: Chapter 2 ($161.9 million on a $5 million budget). This bodes well for fans of the director’s style, which consistently produces horror films that stick their landing with audiences.
Ahead of opening next weekend in European territories, The Conjuring 2 debuts in 49 foreign territories this week, including Mexico (where horror films traditionally fare very well), Australia, Brazil, Korea. With a budget reportedly in the low-$40 million range, The Conjuring 2 should gross well beyond that globally in its first three days of release, including a solid (albeit slightly below the original’s) domestic haul.
2. Now you see me 2- 25 million
3. Warcraft- 22 million
4 . Ninja turtles- 13 million
5. Me before you- 11 million
Source:
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/06/09...t?iid=sr-link1
Seems like talent will win this weekend
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