{"id":2004049,"date":"2025-09-07T14:43:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T14:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2004049"},"modified":"2025-09-07T14:43:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T14:43:25","slug":"last-rites-explodes-to-83-million-opening-weekend-third-highest-ever-for-horror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/last-rites-explodes-to-83-million-opening-weekend-third-highest-ever-for-horror\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Rites\u2019 Explodes to $83 Million Opening Weekend, Third Highest Ever for Horror"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Warner Bros.\/New Line\u2019s \u201cThe Conjuring: Last Rites\u201d has exploded past all expectations. Not only has the advertised finale to the occult horror saga set a franchise record with a jaw-dropping $83 million opening weekend, it stands as the third-highest opening weekend ever for a horror film.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The only films that top it are also Warner\/New Line releases: Andy Muschietti\u2019s \u201cIt\u201d duology, which set the genre record with the first installment in 2017 with $123.4 million, followed by \u201cChapter Two\u201d with $91 million in 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>More from TheWrap<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 pb-5 bg-full-bleed-ads md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_almadd2lcapbsnpfcddbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 hidden pb-5 md:block\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_ilmadd2lcapbsnpfcddbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Internationally, \u201cLast Rites\u201d stands even higher with a $104 million overseas total, surpassing the $94 million for \u201cIt: Chapter Two\u201d as its global launch stands at an incredible $187 million against a reported $55 million budget.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">And on top of all of that, it is Warner Bros.\u2019 record seventh straight release to earn a $40 million-plus opening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More to come\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/conjuring-last-rites-83-million-box-office-opening\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u2018The Conjuring: Last Rites\u2019 Explodes to $83 Million Opening Weekend, Third Highest Ever for Horror;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">\u2018The Conjuring: Last Rites\u2019 Explodes to $83 Million Opening Weekend, Third Highest Ever for Horror<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TheWrap;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">TheWrap<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source ca.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warner Bros.\/New Line\u2019s \u201cThe Conjuring: Last Rites\u201d has exploded past all expectations. Not only has the advertised finale to the occult horror saga set a franchise record with a jaw-dropping $83 million opening weekend, it stands as the third-highest opening weekend ever for a horror film. 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