Weekend Box Office: THE NUN II Takes $32M First Place Debut - Boxoffice (2024)

The Nun II

Warner Bros. horror sequel opened with $32.6M in first place, though that’s -39% below 2018’s The Nun: $53.8M.

However, It’s above the openings for the last three films in the extended Conjuring / Annabelle / Nun cinematic universe:

  • +35% above 2021’s The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It – $24.1M
  • +60% above 2019’s Annabelle Comes Home: $20.2M
  • +23% above 2019’s The Curse of La Llorona: $26.3M

Overseas / global

The Nun II opened to $52.7M overseas and $85.3M globally, or 61% from overseas.

That global opening is -36% below The Nun, slightly better than its -39% domestic opening. The Nun opened with $79.3M overseas and $133.2M globally, or 59% from overseas.

The sequel’s top five overseas market totals are:

  1. Mexico: $8.9M
  2. Indonesia: $4.4M
  3. Brazil: $4.4M
  4. Italy: $3.3M
  5. Spain: $2.3M

The Equalizer 3

Last frame, Sony Pictures’ R-rated action sequel debuted in first place with $34.6M. That’s the #2 Labor Day weekend of all time, behind only 2021’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: $75.3M.

However, it opened -4% below 2018’s The Equalizer 2: $36.0M.

This weekend, it drops a steep -65% to $12.1M and second place.

That’s steeper than the sophomore drops for both the two prior installments:

  • 2014’s The Equalizer: -45%
  • 2018’s The Equalizer 2: -61%

Through 10 days, it’s earned $61.9M. That’s below both of its two predecessors, through the same point in release, despite opening above the original installment:

  • -3% below 2014’s The Equalizer: $64.2M
  • -3% below 2018’s The Equalizer 2: also $64.2M

Overseas / global

This weekend, Equalizer 3 fell -54% overseas, milder than its -65% domestic drop.

The third installment has now earned $45.8M overseas and $107.7M globally. The first two films earned $190M and $192M globally.

Top five markets to date are:

  1. U.K.: $5.9M
  2. France: $4.4M
  3. Germany: $4.2M
  4. Australia: $4.0M
  5. Spain: $3.2M

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3

Focus Features’ comedy sequel opens to $10.0M in third place.

That’s -44% below 2016’s My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2: $17.8M.

However, it’s +49% above May’s similar foreign-set comedy sequel Book Club: The Next Chapter – $6.6M.

2002’s original Greek installment had a slowly expanding release over the course months, rendering an opening weekend comparison inexact.

MBFGW3 attracted estimated audience demographics of 71% female, slightly lower than 76% for the second installment.

The third installment’s audience was also an estimated 55% white and 26% Hispanic.

Jawan

In a surprise finish that many didn’t anticipate, Yash Raj Films’ Indian foreign-language action thriller Jawan opened with a $6.1M weekend in fourth place.

That’s -10% behind January’s Pathaan: $6.9M.

Along with its $1.3M Thursday debut, Jawan has earned $7.5M total.

Barbie

In its eighth frame, Warner Bros.’ comedy declines -42% to $5.9M and fifth place.

That’s one percentage point below its steepest weekend decline to date, -43%, and may prove to be the steepest upon release of Monday afternoon’s box office actuals.

All time, Barbie has now earned the:

  • #20 opening weekend: $162.0M
  • #7 sophomore weekend: $93.0M
  • #11 third weekend: $53.0M
  • #9 fourth weekend: $33.9M
  • #11 fifth weekend: $21.0M
  • #16 sixth weekend: $15.1M
  • #28 seventh weekend: $10.2M
  • #75 eighth weekend: $5.9M

With $620.4M total through 52 days, it now ranks as the #12 biggest movie of all time domestically, between 2012’s The Avengers with $623.3M and 2017’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi with $620.1M.

Overseas / global

This weekend, Barbie declined -59% overseas in holdover markets, much steeper than its -42% domestic drop.

It’s now earned $782.2M overseas and $1.40B globally, or 55% from overseas.

Globally, that’s the #15 film of all time, ranking between 2015’s Avengers: Age of Ultron with $1.405B and April’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie with $1.36B.

Barbie’s top five overseas markets totals are:

  1. U.K.: $120.8M
  2. Germany: $56.5M
  3. Australia: $55.6M
  4. Mexico: $54.3M
  5. France: $47.6M

It’s also earned $35.1M in China.

Weekend comparisons

Total box office this weekend came in around $84.6M.

Here’s how this weekend compares to last weekend, the same weekend last year, and the same weekend in the last pre-pandemic year of 2019:

Weekend

Total

This weekend is:

Leader

Last weekend

$88.7M

-2%

The Equalizer 3: $34.6M

Same weekend in 2022

$43.1M

2.0x

Barbarian: $10.5M

Same weekend in 2019

$138.4M

-37%

It: Chapter Two – $91.0M

YTD comparisons

Year-to-date box office stands around $6.80B.

Here’s how that compares to last year and the last pre-pandemic year of 2019, through the equivalent point:

Year

YTD total

2023 YTD now:

2023 YTD after last weekend:

Trend

2022

$5.37B

+26.6%

+25.5%

Up

2019

$7.97B

-14.7%

-14.6%

Down

Top distributors

Grouped by parent company, the YTD leaders are:

  1. Disney + 20th Century + Searchlight + Star: $1.63B
  2. Universal + Focus Features: $1.51B
  3. Warner Bros.: $1.06B
  4. Sony Pictures + Sony Classics + Crunchyroll: $813.8M
  5. Paramount: $700.0M

Sunday’s Studio Weekend Estimates:

TitleEstimated weekend% changeLocationsLocation changeAverageTotalWeekendDistributor
The Nun II$32,600,0003,728$8,745$32,600,0001Warner Bros.
The Equalizer 3$12,100,000-65%3,965$3,052$61,845,4082Sony Pictures
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3$10,000,0003,650$2,740$10,000,0001Focus Features [Universal]
Jawan$6,191,506813$7,616$7,555,7731Yash Raj Films
Barbie$5,900,000-42%3,281-305$1,798$620,511,8578Warner Bros.
Blue Beetle$3,775,000-47%2,786-530$1,355$63,703,5554Warner Bros.
Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story$3,375,000-49%2,765-1,091$1,221$35,685,0983Sony Pictures
Oppenheimer$3,000,000-48%2,091-452$1,435$315,136,9558Universal
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem$2,600,000-44%2,500-455$1,040$111,327,2156Paramount
Bottoms$2,051,560-33%1,265550$1,622$7,615,8183MGM
Meg 2: The Trench$1,200,000-58%1,574-797$762$80,729,6246Warner Bros.
Strays$810,000-68%1,500-986$540$22,845,0004Universal
Haunted Mansion$641,000-53%825-355$777$65,525,3287Disney
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One$565,000-55%566-399$998$171,432,6899Paramount
The Hill$520,000-65%1,208-495$430$6,550,0003Briarcliff Entertainment
Golda$292,726-64%791$370$4,114,8143Bleecker Street
Elemental$253,000-80%710-3,370$356$154,103,53313Disney
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe$240,414525$458$240,4141Blue Fox
Catvideofest 2023$64,150451%8769$737$468,4326Oscilloscope
Amerikatsi$59,1893$19,730$59,1891Variance Films
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny$57,000-54%100-36$570$174,455,96311Disney
Theater Camp$43,000-52%70-22$614$3,893,8879Searchlight [Disney]
Fremont$34,391-4%2314$1,495$127,7973Music Box Films
Oldboy$30,000-54%33-38$909$2,407,447Neon
Jules$18,099-42%61n/c$297$1,866,2995Bleecker Street
Birth/Rebirth$11,485-54%9-9$1,276$126,9524IFC Films
The Little Mermaid$9,000-90%45-206$200$298,169,53916Disney
Piaffe$2,120-5%2n/c$1,060$12,2793Oscilloscope
The Unknown Country$1,500-73%4-6$375$53,7317Music Box Films
Lakota Nation vs. United States$1,264-72%5-4$253$86,0639IFC Films
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