the nun

Box office: Five Nights at Freddy's gets the fans out of their houses for Halloween

Far surpassing expectations, it had one of the best openings ever of any horror movie, any video-game movie, any October release, any day-and-date…

Oct 30, 2023 •

Peter T Chattaway

Box office: Taylor Swift does her part to "save movie theatres"

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour is already the top-grossing concert movie of all time in North America, and it may or may not have set a new record for best…

Oct 16, 2023 •

Peter T Chattaway

Box office: The Exorcist finds fewer believers than expected

The latest horror semi-reboot had a weaker opening than the Scream and Halloween revivals, and a weaker opening than the latest installments of…

Oct 9, 2023 •

Peter T Chattaway

Box office: New releases Paw, Saw, Creator, Blind dominate the top five

Meanwhile, Barbie almost drops out of the top ten, and Oppenheimer definitely does.

Oct 2, 2023 •

Peter T Chattaway

Box office: Expendables bombs, might lose to The Nun in the worst weekend of the year

Also: The Nun II has some of the best legs of the Conjuring franchise, while Branagh's latest Poirot film drops faster than the others.

Sep 25, 2023 •

Peter T Chattaway

Box office: It's a spooky-movie showdown as The Nun II bumps A Haunting in Venice

Also: Oppenheimer is now the top-grossing biopic of all time, and more.

Sep 18, 2023 •

Peter T Chattaway

Box office: The Conjuring universe rebounds, to a point, with The Nun II

Meanwhile, Barbie lands in 5th place -- its first time outside the weekly top two.

Sep 11, 2023 •

Peter T Chattaway

Flashback: My interviews with the creators of The Nun

The horror-movie character, who first appeared in 2016's The Conjuring 2, is getting her own sequel — to her own 2018 spin-off — this week.

Sep 7, 2023 •

Peter T Chattaway

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