After a longer-than-expected wait, the fictionalized versions of Ed and Lorraine Warren have financially gone out with a bang.

Per the Hollywood Reporter , this weekend’s The Conjuring: Last Rites has made $187 million worldwide. Of that, $83 million came domestically, becoming the best launch for a Conjuring movie, the third-biggest open for a horror movie overall, and well past initial projections from Warner Bros. and box office analysts. Internationally, its $104 million take also defied expectations and became the second horror biggest opening for a Hollywood horror movie.

Last Rites once again sees real-life couple Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as the Warrens as they investigate the Smurl hauntings. The movie’s marketing has leaned heavily on this being the pair’s las

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