WhileA Quiet Place 2has been both a critical and financial hit since it released earlier this month, it’s no longer at the top of the box office charts. That honor belongs toThe Conjuring 3, which released in movie theaters and on HBO Max this past Friday.
A Quiet Place 2andThe Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do Ithave combined to help the horror genre overtake the month of May when it comes to a full-fledged return to theaters. As COVID-19 numbers go down and vaccination numbers go up, it appears more moviegoers in the United States are showing interest in watching movies outside their homes. That’s good news for both films, which represent the continuations of popular franchises. However, it wasbetter news forConjuring 3, in no small part because it’s the newest of the two by at least a few weeks.
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Deadlinereported thatThe Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do Itopened its first weekend at the box office with $24 million. The film, which continues to dramatize the"real life" cases of Ed and Lorraine Warrenis actually the sixth film in the larger horror movie series. As Deadline pointed out, the strong opening weekend shows that audiences are still quite interested in seeing the pair, played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, investigate even more paranormal occurrences. The same can be said of Emily Blunt and the Abbott family fighting off aliens inA Quiet Place 2.
While studios generally don’t want to release two movies of the same genre so close together for fear of one cannibalizing the other, it appears there was no real danger of that happening this time around.A Quiet Place 2might have been beaten outbyThe Conjuring 3, but it still had a solid second weekend, taking in another $19.5 million.
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do Itis the largest opening for an R-rated movie and the third-largest overall over the course of the pandemic. That’s especially impressive considering the film also launched day-and-date on HBO Max.
A Quiet Place Part IIis now playing in theaters andThe Conjuring 3is also available on HBO Max.
