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# The Nun II’ scares off ‘The Equalizer 3’
- URL: https://www.theomnicosm.com/the-box-office-report-the-nun-ii/
- Published: 2023-09-11T11:00:53.000Z
- Updated: 2024-01-19T16:05:38.000Z
- Description: The ninth entry in the ‘Conjuring’ universe won the weekend.
- Author: Bill Kuchman
- Tags: Popculturology • The Box Office Report, Popculturology, The Nun

Hello! Welcome to **The** **Box Office Report** for the weekend of Sept. 8-10, 2023.

## 1\. The Nun II

**Weekend gross:* $32.6M* 
**Total domestic gross:* $32.6M* 
**Last weekend:* New release* 
**Percent drop:* NA*

I hadn’t realized how expansive this universe of horror films had become. *Conjurings*! *Nuns*! *Annabelles*! *La Llornas*! *The Nun II* is the ninth film in the *Conjuring* universe, and its opening weekend of $32.6 million is the sixth best debut in that franchise.

The first *Nun* movie hit theaters on almost this exact weekend in 2018, opening with $53.8 million then, a high point for the entire franchise. *The Nun II*’s box office win this past weekend brings the *Conjuring* universe’s entire domestic haul past $770 million.

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## 2\. The Equalizer 3

**Weekend gross:* $12.1M* 
**Total domestic gross:* $61.8M* 
**Last weekend:* 1st* 
**Percent drop:* 65*

*The Equalizer 3* slipped ever so slightly behind the pace of the first two movies in this **Denzel Washington** franchise. The original *Equalizer* and its sequel had second weekends of $18.8 million and $14 million, with both of those films standing at just over $64 million through this period.

## 3\. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3

**Weekend gross:* $10M* 
**Total domestic gross:* $10M* 
**Last weekend:* New release* 
**Percent drop:* NA*

It’s been seven years since *My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2* brought the series back to theaters. The first sequel failed to live up to the original’s surprise success (a $92.1 million worldwide haul for *My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2* compared to a $374.9 million worldwide haul for *My Big Fat Greek Wedding*) — and it looks like the third film will continue that downward trend. While the second film debuted with $17.9 million in 2016, *My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3* could only muster up $10 million for its first weekend.

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## 4\. Jawan

**Weekend gross:* $6.2M* 
**Total domestic gross:* $7.6M* 
**Last weekend:* New release* 
**Percent drop:* NA*

I had to look up *Jawan*, as it’s a movie I hadn’t heard about until I sat down to write this edition of **The Box Office Report**. I might not have been familiar with it, but it’s already a massive box office and critical hit in India.

## 5\. Barbie

**Weekend gross:* $6.2M* 
**Total domestic gross:* $620.5M* 
**Last weekend:* 2nd* 
**Percent drop:* 42*

Is this *Barbie*’s last weekend in the top five? Since releasing less than two months ago, *Barbie* has raked in $620.5 million in North America and $1.4 billion worldwide. It’s collected honors like being No. 12 on the all-time domestic box office chart and being the highest grossing movie in 2023.

How much does *Barbie* have left in the tank? With the film being released on digital this Tuesday, there’ll still be enough desire to see it in theaters to push *Barbie* past *The Avengers* ($623.4 million) to No. 11 on the domestic chart, but anything beyond that (*Jurassic World* and its $652.3 million haul is next) is likely out of reach.

*Box office numbers via* [*The Numbers*](http://www.the-numbers.com/?ref=theomnicosm.com) *based on Sunday estimates.*

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