Weekend projections:

1. The Conjuring: Last Rites - $83M (new)

2. Hamilton - $10M (new)

3. Weapons - $5.37M for $143.05M

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The Conjuring: Last Rites was expected to lead the weekend, but wildly outperformed expectations with a best-in-franchise $83 million dollar domestic opening. While box office numbers have been weak for the latter half of the summer, horror has continued to do extraordinarily well overall this year.

Coming in second place was the pro-shot of Hamilton , which brought in $10 million after being available on Disney+ for five years. It was not marketed as a sing-along, but an intro video encouraged singing, so audience member expectations and reality may not have aligned, depending on what kind of viewing they were after.

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