The Conjuring spin-off The Nun which took the top spot at the weekend box-office with a franchise-best $53.5 million opening over the three day weekend.
The story is even better worldwide, where The Nun launched simultaneously with the domestic release – something the franchise has never really done before. As a result, it pulled in an incredible $77.5 million just overseas – combined it took in a whopping $131 million worldwide debut for a film done on a tight $22 million budget.
The Jennifer Garner-led action film Peppermint also opened to a decent $13 million in third place. The only other new wide opener was faith-based God Bless the Broken Road which bombed with just $1.6 million.
Crazy Rich Asians continues its strong reign in second place with a further $13.6 million and a domestic total of $136 million after four weeks. Mission: Impossible – Fallout is going from strength-to-strength with a worldwide total of $726 million so far and looks ready to soon surpass Mission: Impossible II domestically to become the biggest film in the franchise.
The microbudget John Cho mystery thriller Searching held strong, falling just 25% and taking in a further $4.5 million.
