This was the lowest-grossing box office weekend of the year so far.
The Big Picture For the second weekend in a row, The Nun II has snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. Last weekend, the horror sequel held on to its number one spot at the domestic box office despite a challenge from A Haunting in Venice, and this time around, the film is looking to three-peat at the top of the chart after out-performing another new release, Expend4bles.
With an estimated $8.4 million in its third weekend, The Nun II is on the verge of passing the $70 million mark domestically. The movie opened to $32 million in its first weekend, and followed it up with $14 million in its second weekend.
Speaking of sequels failing to live up to franchise benchmarks, this week’s Expend4bles is delivering the lowest opening in the history of the action series, with an estimated $8.3 million across three days. The series began over a decade ago with the very successful The Expendables, which grossed more than $100 million domestically and over $260 million worldwide. The Expendables 2 finished its run with $85 million domestically and more than $300 million worldwide.
There's an Abundance of Options, But Few Takers Taking the third spot after debuting in second place a week ago is director-star Kenneth Branagh’s A Haunting in Venice, the third entry in his series of murder mystery movies based on Agatha Christie’s novels. The film is estimated to have made $6.3 million this weekend, for a running domestic total of just $25 million in 10 days.
The fourth and fifth spots went to The Equalizer 3 and Barbie. While the third installment in Denzel Washington’s action series is estimated to have made $4.7 million in its fourth weekend, the blockbuster Barbie witnessed a boost thanks to an IMAX debut, and added $3.2 million in its 10th weekend. The Equalizer 3 has now passed the $80 million mark domestically, while Barbie just topped $630 million this weekend.
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