It may not have been a hit with critics, but that certainly hasn’t put audiences off the latest chapter in The Conjuring Universe with The Nun becoming the highest-grossing instalment in the horror franchise.
This past weekend saw the Corin Hardy-directed film pushing its global total to $330 million, overtaking the previous series best of $320 million set by The Conjuring 2 in 2016.
The Conjuring franchise is going from strength to strength, with its five instalments grossing over $1.5 billion at the global box office to date.
Next up from the series is the as-yet-untitled Annabelle 3, which last week cast Mckenna Grace (Gifted) as the young daughter of Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga), while The Conjuring 3 is expected to follow after that.
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When a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate. Together they uncover the order’s unholy secret. Risking not only their lives but their faith and their very souls, they confront a malevolent force in the form of the same demonic nun that first terrorized audiences in The Conjuring 2, as the abbey becomes a horrific battleground between the living and the damned.
The Nun stars Demian Bichir (A Better Life) as Father Burke, Taissa Farmiga (American Horror Story) as Sister Irene, Jonas Bloquet (Elle) as local villager Frenchie, Charlotte Hope (Game of Thrones) as the abbey’s Sister Victoria, Ingrid Bisu (Toni Erdmann) as Sister Oana, and Bonnie Aarons, reprising her Conjuring 2 role as Valak.
