The Warner Bros film once again stars Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as Ed and Lorraine Warren, who this time are doing battle with a demon in a family’s home.
“This is a smash,” said analyst David A Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research. “Horror fans can’t get enough of Lorraine and Ed Warren.”
In second place was Disney’s film version of the hit Broadway musical “Hamilton,” which earned a respectable US$10 million, according to Exhibitor Relations – despite being available on its streaming channel in 2020.
Gross called it an “excellent number,” considering the film is widely available to Disney+ subscribers.
Buzzy horror flick “Weapons” – one of the success stories of the summer box office, about the mysterious disappearance of a group of children from the same school class – came in third at US$5.4 million.
“Weapons” has so far made US$143 million in the United States and Canada, and another US$108 million abroad, according to Exhibitor Relations.
Disney’s “Freakier Friday,” the much-anticipated sequel to the 2003 body-swapping family film which again stars Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis, finished in fourth place at US$3.8 million.
And “Caught Stealing,” a crime flick from Sony starring Austin Butler and Zoe Kravitz, dropped to fifth place at US$3.2 million.
Rounding out the top 10 were:
- “The Roses” (US$2.8 million)
- “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” (US$2.75 million)
- “The Bad Guys 2” (US$2.5 million)
- “Light of the World” (US$2.4 million)
- “Superman” (US$1 million)