"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 . 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."
"If The Conjuring: Last Rites makes at least $322 million in total worldwide box office, it would be the highest grossing of the direct " Conjuring" films, beating out 2016's The Conjuring 2. Still, that number does not include any of the spin-off films in the franchise, so it's not quite the win it could be. Currently, Ryan Coogler's Sinners is the highest-grossing horror movie of 2025 internationally. If The Conjuring: Last Rites makes more than $365 million, which was Sinners's total, then it would be the highest-grossing horror movie of the year. Notably, that also means it would likely become the highest-grossing movie in its own franchise, since 2018's The Nun made a similar amount to Sinners, with $366 million."
The Conjuring: Last Rites earned $194 million internationally over the post-Labor Day weekend, surpassing 2017's It ($190 million) to record the largest opening weekend for a horror movie. The weekend also marked the franchise's best-ever box-office weekend, joining The Nun and three Annabelle films in the series' slate. Warner Bros. became the first studio with seven consecutive films debuting above $40 million, a streak beginning with A Minecraft Movie and continuing through multiple recent releases. If Last Rites reaches $322 million worldwide it would top The Conjuring 2 among direct films, and surpassing $365–366 million would make it the year's and franchise's highest grosser.
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