Hail, Bathsheba, The Conjuring franchise had a killer opening weekend at the box office. Over the course of the post–Labor Day weekend of September 5, The Conjuring: Last Rights made $194 million internationally, per Variety. That means it beat out 2017’s It, which scored $190 million, to become the best opening ever for a horror movie. The film also had the best box-office weekend ever for a film in the Conjuring franchise, which includes not only other Conjuring films but also the successful film The Nun and three Annabelle movies.
The movie’s wild success extends an all-timer run for Warner Bros.: The studio is now the first to have seven movies in a row debut at over $40 million, per Variety. The studio’s hot streak began with A Minecraft Movie, after which it scored consecutive hits with Sinners, Final Destination Bloodlines, F1, Superman, Weapons, and now Last Rites. That’s a lot of achievements in just one weekend. Below, find a list of every record The Conjuring: Last Rites could exorcise as it continues its run.
It banished previous Conjurings
By its third weekend, The Conjuring: Last Rites passed $322 million worldwide. It is now the highest grossing of the direct “Conjuring” films, beating out 2016’s The Conjuring 2. It has now also passed The Nun, which made $366 million in 2018. Big Annabelle is really, really big.
It beat the devil out of Sinners
Until now, Ryan Coogler’s Sinners was the highest-grossing horror movie of 2025 internationally, with $365 million total. The Conjuring: Last Rites has made $372.9 million globally in its third week, becoming the highest-grossing horror movie of the year.
It could curse It
The highest grossing-horror movie of all time is the 2017 adaptation of It, whose opening-weekend record Last Rites already beat. Now, the question is if Last Rites will have the same legs as It. That movie ultimately made $702 million at the global box office. From here, The Conjuring will still have to magic up a significant sum to beat that high, but it’s already done it once. Don’t bet against Bathsheba.
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