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The NunFollow

2018 • R • 1h 36m • Horror, Mystery, Thriller • Warner Bros.

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2.31

5.4

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$53.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$117.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$366.10M

$248.60M international

Domestic legs2.18x

Budget$22M

2018 rank#27

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Cast & crew

Directed byCorin Hardy ScreenplayGary Dauberman Produced byPeter Safran, James Wan CinematographyMaxime Alexandre MusicAbel Korzeniowski StarringDemián Bichir, Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet, Bonnie Aarons StudioWarner Bros. SeriesThe Conjuring Universe

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 7-9 1 $53.8M — 3,876 $13,882 $53.8M

2 Sep 14-16 2 $18.2M −66.1% 3,876 $4,705 $85.1M

3 Sep 21-23 3 $10.0M −45.4% 3,707 $2,688 $100.6M

4 Sep 28-30 5 $5.4M −45.5% 3,331 $1,630 $109.0M

5 Oct 5-7 7 $2.7M −50.2% 2,264 $1,194 $113.5M

6 Oct 12-14 10 $1.3M −50.2% 1,174 $1,146 $115.9M

7 Oct 19-21 17 $416.7K −69.0% 623 $669 $116.7M

8 Oct 26-28 26 $172.4K −58.6% 335 $515 $117.1M

9 Nov 2-4 29 $128.9K −25.2% 211 $611 $117.3M

10 Nov 9-11 38 $64.0K −50.4% 211 $303 $117.4M

11 Nov 16-18 44 $32.6K −49.1% 91 $358 $117.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Sep 6 #P $5.4M — $5.4M 0 $0 -1

Fri Sep 7 #1 $22.1M — $22.1M 3,876 $5,697 1

Sat Sep 8 #1 $19.8M −10.4% $41.9M 3,876 $5,105 2

Sun Sep 9 #1 $11.9M −39.7% $53.8M 3,876 $3,080 3

Mon Sep 10 #1 $3.5M −70.5% $57.3M 3,876 $909 4

Tue Sep 11 #1 $4.8M +36.7% $62.2M 3,876 $1,243 5

Wed Sep 12 #1 $2.5M −47.7% $64.7M 3,876 $650 6

Thu Sep 13 #1 $2.2M −12.3% $66.9M 3,876 $570 7

Fri Sep 14 #3 $5.9M +167.5% −73.3% $72.8M 3,876 $1,523 8

Sat Sep 15 #2 $7.7M +29.7% −61.3% $80.4M 3,876 $1,976 9

Sun Sep 16 #2 $4.7M −39.0% −60.8% $85.1M 3,876 $1,206 10

Mon Sep 17 #2 $1.3M −72.0% −62.9% $86.4M 3,876 $338 11

Tue Sep 18 #3 $1.9M +48.2% −59.8% $88.4M 3,876 $500 12

Wed Sep 19 #3 $1.2M −36.9% −51.4% $89.6M 3,876 $316 13

Thu Sep 20 #3 $1.1M −13.5% −52.0% $90.6M 3,876 $273 14

Fri Sep 21 #3 $3.0M +181.0% −49.6% $93.6M 3,707 $803 15

Sat Sep 22 #2 $4.5M +52.6% −40.7% $98.2M 3,707 $1,225 16

Sun Sep 23 #4 $2.4M −46.1% −47.6% $100.6M 3,707 $661 17

Mon Sep 24 #4 $706.1K −71.2% −46.0% $101.3M 3,707 $190 18

Tue Sep 25 #4 $1.0M +46.8% −46.5% $102.4M 3,707 $280 19

Wed Sep 26 #5 $647.2K −37.6% −47.1% $103.0M 3,707 $175 20

Thu Sep 27 #4 $582.1K −10.1% −45.0% $103.6M 3,707 $157 21

Fri Sep 28 #6 $1.6M +176.4% −45.9% $105.2M 3,331 $483 22

Sat Sep 29 #5 $2.5M +53.6% −45.6% $107.7M 3,331 $742 23

Sun Sep 30 #5 $1.3M −45.5% −45.0% $109.0M 3,331 $405 24

Mon Oct 1 #6 $428.5K −68.2% −39.3% $109.4M 3,331 $129 25

Tue Oct 2 #7 $571.3K +33.3% −44.9% $110.0M 3,331 $172 26

Wed Oct 3 #5 $403.7K −29.3% −37.6% $110.4M 3,331 $121 27

Thu Oct 4 #5 $341.9K −15.3% −41.3% $110.8M 3,331 $103 28

Fri Oct 5 #7 $776.2K +127.0% −51.8% $111.5M 2,264 $343 29

Sat Oct 6 #7 $1.1M +47.8% −53.6% $112.7M 2,264 $507 30

Sun Oct 7 #7 $779.7K −32.0% −42.2% $113.5M 2,264 $344 31

Mon Oct 8 #8 $384.3K −50.7% −10.3% $113.8M 2,264 $170 32

Tue Oct 9 #7 $304.7K −20.7% −46.7% $114.1M 2,264 $135 33

Wed Oct 10 #7 $224.4K −26.4% −44.4% $114.4M 2,264 $99 34

Thu Oct 11 #7 $181.1K −19.3% −47.0% $114.6M 2,264 $80 35

Fri Oct 12 #12 $401.4K +121.6% −48.3% $115.0M 1,174 $342 36

Sat Oct 13 #10 $625.8K +55.9% −45.5% $115.6M 1,174 $533 37

Sun Oct 14 #12 $318.2K −49.1% −59.2% $115.9M 1,174 $271 38

Mon Oct 15 #13 $121.9K −61.7% −68.3% $116.0M 1,174 $104 39

Tue Oct 16 #13 $139.3K +14.3% −54.3% $116.2M 1,174 $119 40

Wed Oct 17 #14 $107.8K −22.6% −51.9% $116.3M 1,174 $92 41

Thu Oct 18 #- $61.5K −42.9% −66.0% $116.3M 1,174 $52 42

Fri Oct 19 #- $131.2K +113.3% −67.3% $116.5M 623 $211 43

Sat Oct 20 #- $196.2K +49.5% −68.6% $116.7M 623 $315 44

Sun Oct 21 #- $89.2K −54.5% −72.0% $116.7M 623 $143 45

Mon Oct 22 #- $34.7K −61.1% −71.5% $116.8M 623 $56 46

Tue Oct 23 #- $44.1K +27.0% −68.3% $116.8M 623 $71 47

Wed Oct 24 #- $33.1K −25.0% −69.3% $116.9M 623 $53 48

Thu Oct 25 #- $28.8K −12.9% −53.2% $116.9M 623 $46 49

Fri Oct 26 #- $53.1K +84.2% −59.5% $116.9M 335 $158 50

Sat Oct 27 #- $75.7K +42.7% −61.4% $117.0M 335 $226 51

Sun Oct 28 #- $43.5K −42.5% −51.2% $117.1M 335 $130 52

Mon Oct 29 #- $14.5K −66.7% −58.3% $117.1M 335 $43 53

Tue Oct 30 #- $20.0K +37.6% −54.8% $117.1M 335 $60 54

Wed Oct 31 #- $37.5K +87.7% +13.3% $117.1M 335 $112 55

Thu Nov 1 #- $15.4K −58.9% −46.5% $117.1M 335 $46 56

Fri Nov 2 #- $35.3K +129.1% −33.5% $117.2M 211 $167 57

Sat Nov 3 #- $58.3K +65.2% −23.0% $117.2M 211 $276 58

Sun Nov 4 #- $35.2K −39.6% −19.0% $117.3M 211 $167 59

Mon Nov 5 #- $10.1K −71.4% −30.6% $117.3M 211 $48 60

Tue Nov 6 #- $11.7K +15.7% −41.6% $117.3M 211 $55 61

Wed Nov 7 #- $9.1K −21.6% −75.6% $117.3M 211 $43 62

Thu Nov 8 #- $7.9K −13.6% −48.8% $117.3M 211 $37 63

Fri Nov 9 #- $16.6K +110.0% −53.0% $117.3M 211 $79 64

Sat Nov 10 #- $28.8K +74.0% −50.6% $117.4M 211 $137 65

Sun Nov 11 #- $18.6K −35.7% −47.4% $117.4M 211 $88 66

Mon Nov 12 #- $7.8K −57.8% −22.3% $117.4M 211 $37 67

Tue Nov 13 #- $4.8K −38.9% −58.9% $117.4M 211 $23 68

Wed Nov 14 #- $4.6K −4.6% −50.1% $117.4M 211 $22 69

Thu Nov 15 #- $4.2K −8.9% −47.3% $117.4M 211 $20 70

Fri Nov 16 #- $8.0K +92.6% −51.7% $117.4M 91 $88 71

Sat Nov 17 #- $14.0K +75.1% −51.4% $117.4M 91 $154 72

Sun Nov 18 #- $10.5K −25.0% −43.3% $117.4M 91 $116 73

Mon Nov 19 #- $4.3K −58.9% −44.8% $117.4M 91 $47 74

Tue Nov 20 #- $5.2K +20.3% +8.6% $117.4M 91 $57 75

Wed Nov 21 #- $3.8K −26.7% −16.5% $117.4M 45 $85 76

Thu Nov 22 #- $3.2K −17.0% −24.0% $117.5M 45 $70 77

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$117.4M

Sep 6Sep 24Oct 11Oct 29Nov 15

Weekend grossWk 10 · $64.0K

$53.8M

$18.2M

$10.0M

$5.4M

$2.7M

$1.3M

$416.7K

$172.4K

$128.9K

$64.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,876 → 211 −94.6%

3,876 open211 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −50.4%

−66.1%

W1→2

−45.4%

W2→3

−45.5%

W3→4

−50.2%

W4→5

−50.2%

W5→6

−69.0%

W6→7

−58.6%

W7→8

−25.2%

W8→9

−50.4%

W9→10

Steepest −69.0%Best hold −25.2%

Run milestones

$100M in 17 days

$100M

Day 17

Sep 23

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#8 Biggest September openingsAll-time $53.8M #13 Biggest horror openingsAll-time $53.8M

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