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 , a

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