{"id":7834525,"date":"2025-09-05T08:01:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T15:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/?p=7834525"},"modified":"2025-09-05T10:27:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T17:27:29","slug":"conjuring-last-rites-thursday-preview-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/conjuring-last-rites-thursday-preview-box-office\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ Scores Franchise Record $8.5 Million From Thursday Box Office Previews"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

New Line’s “The Conjuring: Last Rites<\/a>” has kept Warner Bros.’ white-hot box office winning streak rolling into September as it has earned a franchise record $8.5 million from Thursday preview screenings in 3,200 locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this result, the final chapter of the story of Ed and Lorraine Warren is set to earn the best opening weekend ever in the “Conjuring” franchise, passing the $53.8 million launch of the 2018 spinoff “The Nun” as it is projected for a $60 million-plus opening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In doing so, “Last Rites” will become the seventh straight Warner Bros. release to earn an opening weekend greater than $40 million. It’s a streak that goes back to April with the drought-busting duo of “A Minecraft Movie” and “Sinners” and has continued with the New Line films “Final Destination Bloodlines” and “Weapons,” DC’s “Superman” and Apple’s “F1.”<\/p>\n\n\n

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Reception for “The Conjuring: Last Rites” has been mixed, with critics agreeing that it is far from the “Conjuring” series’ best with a 54% Rotten Tomatoes<\/a> score. It is similar to the 56% score given to the last main entry in the series, 2021’s “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It,” while the initial audience score for “Last Rites” stands at 77%. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, every film in the “Conjuring” series has earned a multiple of at least 2x, so “Last Rites” should turn a theatrical profit with a $100 million-plus domestic run against a reported budget of $55 million. This will bring Warner Bros.’ domestic gross total for the year past $1.7 billion as it prepares to release its final film for 2025, Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another,” at the end of this month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Conjuring: Last Rites” is now playing in theaters.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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