{"id":268289,"date":"2021-06-07T05:16:59","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T02:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-conjuring-universe-makes-a-box-office-comeback\/"},"modified":"2021-06-07T05:16:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T02:16:59","slug":"the-conjuring-universe-makes-a-box-office-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-conjuring-universe-makes-a-box-office-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Conjuring Universe Makes a Box Office Comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#The Conjuring Universe Makes a Box Office Comeback<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.7.9--><em>Welcome to our weekly box office report, which we do a little differently. Rather than focusing on the money, FSR senior editor Christopher Campbell is more interested in the estimated attendance \u2014 or number of tickets sold. Because the value of money changes over the years, but the value of actual moviegoers remains the same. This week, we look at the opening box office attendance numbers for new releases The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It and Spirit Untamed.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>If you want to watch any of the eight installments of The Conjuring Universe, you can do so right now on HBO Max. Yes, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/play.hbomax.com\/page\/urn:hbo:page:GYLEE7gB0zcLCwgEAAAHj:type:feature\">even the latest entry<\/a>, <em><strong>The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It<\/strong><\/em>. The second <em>Conjuring<\/em> sequel is right there, along with the other two<em> Conjuring<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a>, the three <em>Annabelle<\/em> movies, and <em>The Nun<\/em>. For no additional \u201cpremier access.\u201d Well, okay, <em>The Devil Made Me Do It<\/em> is not available to subscribers of the new cheaper ad-supported tier of HBO Max (but why would you bother paying for that version anyway?). Anyway, I mention this because, despite the easy access to <em>The Conjuring 3<\/em> at home, the movie still grossed $24 million at the box office <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/weekend\/2021W23\/?ref_=bo_wey_table_1\">in its opening weekend in theaters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That would be a decent haul for a horror sequel in any old time. In fact, the reported gross amounts to about 2.6 million tickets sold for the <strong>Michael Chaves<\/strong>-helmed return of the cinematic incarnation of real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga). That\u2019s more than the previous release from The Conjuring Universe, <em>Annabelle Comes Home<\/em>, which debuted on the big screen in June 2019 to an opening weekend attendance of about 2.2 million. Prior to that, the loosely connected installment <em>The Curse of La Llorona<\/em>, also directed by Chaves, brought in about 2.9 million people in its first few days.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the franchise is still way down from its peak \u2014 2018\u2019s <em>The Nun<\/em> \u2014 and just over half of what the original <em>Conjuring<\/em> did eight years ago. Here\u2019s a chronological look at the opening-weekend ticket sales for The Conjuring Universe:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">1. <em>The Conjuring<\/em> (2013) \u2013 5.1 million<br \/>2. <em>Annabelle<\/em> (2014) \u2013 4.5 million<br \/>3. <em>The Conjuring 2<\/em> (2016) \u2013 4.7 million<br \/>4. <em>Annabelle: Creation<\/em> (2017) \u2013 3.9 million<br \/>5. <em>The Nun<\/em> (2018) \u2013 5.9 million<br \/>6. <em>The Curse of La Llorona<\/em> (2019) \u2013 2.9 million<br \/>7. <em>Annabelle Comes Home<\/em> (2019) \u2013 2.2 million<br \/><strong>8. <em>The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It<\/em> (2021) \u2013 2.6 million<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ironically, <em>The Nun<\/em> had the best debut and second-best total gross of the franchise but it has the worst review, according to Rotten Tomatoes. <em>The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It<\/em> has the fifth-best reviews <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/franchise\/the_conjuring_universe\">of The Conjuring Universe<\/a>, the lowest one to still have a positive score. And its audience score on Rotten Tomatoes is currently tied for franchise-best with the original <em>Conjuring<\/em>. For those who prefer <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/movie\/the-conjuring-the-devil-made-me-do-it?ref=hp\">Metacritic<\/a>, <em>The Devil Made Me Do It<\/em> is tied for fifth-best of the franchise there, matching <em>Annabelle Comes Home<\/em>. It also only ranks third from opening weekend moviegoers polled by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cinemascore.com\/\">Cinemascore<\/a>, with a B+ grade, just behind the other two <em>Conjuring<\/em> movies.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It<\/em> exceeded expectations, according to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/weekend-box-office-forecast-can-the-conjuring-the-devil-made-me-do-it-scare-off-a-quiet-place-part-ii\/\">the forecast by Box Office Pro<\/a>, which predicted a gross equivalent to 2.1 million tickets. That would have been a franchise low. Going back to Box Office Pro\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/long-range-box-office-forecast-f9-in-the-heights-peter-rabbit-2-the-conjuring-3-the-hitmans-wifes-bodyguard\/\">long-range summer box office forecast from last month<\/a>, the movie has been given a range of anywhere between about 1.6 million and 2.7 million. So, it wound up near the high point of potential. Experts actually saw the new <em>Conjuring<\/em> sequel opening in second place at the box office, behind the second weekend of another horror sequel: <em><strong>A Quiet Place Part II<\/strong><\/em>. But following that movie\u2019s success last weekend, it dropped fifty-nine percent to sell just 2.1 million tickets over the last few days instead of the forecast 2.4 million.<\/p>\n<p>Also dis<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ointing compared to its forecast is yet another franchise entry: <em><strong>Spirit Untamed<\/strong><\/em>. The DreamWorks Animation feature is the first theatrical <em>Spirit<\/em> effort since the 2002 traditional animated feature <em>Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron<\/em>. Box Office Pro figured the new movie would draw a modest crowd of roughly 790,000 people, but its actual audience size was closer to around 680,000. But it\u2019s not outside of the full range allowed by the site, which expected somewhere between 550,000 and 980,000. Something had happened recently, though, for Box Office Pro to raise its numbers for <em>Spirit Untamed<\/em> since their long-range forecast span had a low equivalent to about 220,000. Still, <em>Stallion of the Cimarron<\/em> opened to about 3.1 million tickets sold. And no other DreamWorks Animation release has had such a poor showing in its opening weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I wouldn\u2019t have predicted much at all for <em>Spirit Untamed<\/em> given that it\u2019s another theatrical animated feature in a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> franchise with a heavy presence on the small screen. DreamWorks\u2019 <em>Spirit Riding Free<\/em> ran for eight seasons on Netflix beginning in 2017, and then a spinoff titled <em>Spirit Riding Free: Pony Tales<\/em> released two seasons in 2019, and another ongoing spinoff, <em>Spirit Riding Free: Riding Academy<\/em> dropped two seasons last year. That means there are seventy-eight episodes available for kids to watch at home at any time. Plus a 2019 Christmas special and an interactive special, which was the last <em>Spirit<\/em> thing to drop, last December. On top of that, <em>Spirit Untamed<\/em> is essentially a retelling of the plot of the first <em>Riding Free<\/em> series.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps that\u2019s why the new feature\u2019s reviews have leaned more on the negative side, compared to the relatively positive reception for the Oscar-nominated original. However, the audience score on Rotten Tomatoes is exceptionally high, and its Cinemascore grade, A, is the same as the one received by <em>Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron<\/em> nearly twenty years ago. You can bet that if DreamWorks and Universal had just put the new feature out on Netflix, it would have been very popular. But families aren\u2019t often excited to spend tons of money to go see something on the big screen that the kids are fine with seeing in another form at home. It\u2019s not like so many horror fans that would rather see a <em>Conjuring<\/em> movie in the theater than on HBO Max.<\/p>\n<p>Rounding out this past weekend\u2019s new releases, Theo Anthony\u2019s documentary <em><strong>All Light, Everywhere<\/strong><\/em> (which is currently one of my favorite films of the year) had one of the best per-screen averages ($2,606) while playing at just two locations. Christian Petzold\u2019s latest, the fantastical drama <em><strong>Undine<\/strong><\/em>, did not fare as well, average-wise ($491), in its limited release despite its having great reviews. Its opening gross is near Petzold\u2019s previous two films, but both of those opened on only two screens. Coming very close to the weekend top ten even though it\u2019s playing on fewer than one-hundred screens, the Mormon action movie <em><strong>Witnesses<\/strong><\/em> sold about 17,000 tickets \u2014 more if my assumption holds that its locations\u2019 prices were below the national average.<\/p>\n<p>Here are this week\u2019s top ten movie releases by estimated ticket sales [with totals in brackets]:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>1. <em>The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It<\/em>: 2.6 million [2.6 million]<\/strong><br \/>2. <em>A Quiet Place Part II<\/em>: 2.1 million [9.7 million]<br \/>3. <em>Cruella<\/em>: 1.2 million [4.8 million]<br \/><strong>4. <em>Spirit Untamed<\/em>: 0.7 million [0.7 million]<\/strong><br \/>5. <em>Raya and the Last Dragon<\/em>: 143,000 [5.8 million]<br \/>6. <em>Wrath of Man<\/em>: 139,000 [2.7 million]<br \/>7. <em>Spiral<\/em>: 97,000 [2.4 million]<br \/>8. <em>Godzilla vs. Kong<\/em>: 51,000 [10.8 million]<br \/>9. <em>Demon Slayer: Mugen Train<\/em>: 50,000 [5.1 million]<br \/>10. <em>Dream Horse<\/em>: 25,000 [0.3 million]<\/p>\n<p><em>All box office gross figures sourced from Box Office Mojo, The Numbers, and Box Office Pro.<\/em>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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