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Posted September 17, 2023 by Mike Tyrkus in News
 
 

Box-Office Weekend: The Nun Stands Ground

In its second week of release, the horror film sequel The Nun II held onto the top spot of the box-office weekend by the narrow margin of $0.2 million.

"The Nun II" posterAlthough it brought in around $17.9 million less than last weekend, The Nun II still finished in first place of the top ten with $14.7 million. This gives the film an overall total of $56.5 million for Warner Bros. With a debut in second place earning $14.5 million, A Haunting in Venice came close to claiming the top spot for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, but was just a bit short. Meanwhile, after landing in second place last weekend, The Equalizer 3 was pushed to third place where it added $7.2 million to give the Columbia Pictures release a three-week total of $73.7 million. Also dropping a spot was My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 which landed in fourth place with $4.7 million in its second week of release. This raises the overall total of the Focus Features release to $18.6 million. Holding steady in fifth place was Barbie which added $4.0 million over the weekend to give the Warner Bros. product a nine-week total of $626.1 million.

The action film Jawan from Yash Raj Films USA Inc. dropped two spots to land in sixth place this weekend where it added $2.5 million to bring its two-week total to $12.2 million. This pushed Blue Beetle to seventh place, where it added $2.47 million to lift the film’s four-week tally to $67.3 million for Warner Bros. Also falling a spot this weekend, was Gran Turismo, which made $2.35 million this weekend to bring its four-week total to $39.4 million for Sony Pictures Entertainment as well as an eighth-place finish. Universal Pictures enjoyed a ninth-place finish for Oppenheimer where it added $2.1 million to raise the film’s nine-week total to $318.6 million. Finally, after claiming the penultimate spot last weekend, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem finished in the final spot of the weekend box-office top ten with $2.0 million. This gives the Paramount Pictures product a seven-week total of $114.1 million.

Only one film was pushed out the weekend box-office top ten over the last three days as Bottoms failed to crack the top ten and departs after amassing $9.9 million for Orion Pictures over the last four weeks.

Weekend Box Office (September 15th – September 17th)

  1. The Nun II…$14.7 Million
  2. A Haunting in Venice…$14.5 Million
  3. The Equalizer 3…$7.2 Million
  4. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3…$4.7 Million
  5. Barbie…$4.0 Million
  6. Jawan…$2.49 Million
  7. Blue Beetle…$2.47 Million
  8. Gran Turismo…$2.35 Million
  9. Oppenheimer…$2.1 Million
  10. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem…$2.0 Million
Mike Tyrkus

Mike Tyrkus

Editor in Chief at CinemaNerdz.com
An independent filmmaker, co-writer and director of over a dozen short films, the Editor in Chief of CinemaNerdz.com has spent much of the last three decades as a writer and editor specializing in biographical and critical reference sources in literature and the cinema, beginning in February 1991 reviewing films for his college newspaper. He was a member of the Detroit Film Critics Society, as well as the group's webmaster and one-time President for over a decade until the group ceased to exist. His contributions to film criticism can be found in Magill's Cinema Annual, VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever (of which he was the editor for nearly a decade until it too ceased to exist), the International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, and the St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia (on which he collaborated with editor Andrew Sarris). He has also appeared on the television program Critic LEE Speaking alongside Lee Thomas of FOX2 and Adam Graham, of The Detroit News. He currently lives in the Detroit area with his wife and their dogs.
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