Is this really that scary… ‘The Nun 2’ tops North American box office

[Seoul = Newsis] Reporter Son Jeong-bin = The horror movie ‘The Nun 2’ ranked first in the North American weekend box office.

‘The Nun 2’ recorded sales of $32.6 million from the 8th to the 10th (based on box office Mojo), pushing out ‘The Equalizer 3′ and taking the top spot at the box office on the first weekend of its release. This work is the sequel to ‘The Nun’, which came out in 2018. It tells the story of a priest being found dead in a French cathedral in 1956, and Sister Irene, who is dispatched to investigate the case, encounters a mysterious incident. It was directed by Michael Chavez, who produced ‘The Conjuring 3: The Devil Ordered Me’. It will be released in Korea on the 27th.

The action movie ‘The Equalizer 3′ starring Denzel Washington, which ranked first the previous week, ranked second with weekend earnings of $12.1 million. Cumulative sales are approximately $62 million. This work is the third film in the ‘The Equalizer’ series, which came out in 2014 and 2018. Following his previous work, Washington played former special agent Robert McCall, and Dakota Fanning also appeared. It depicts the story of McCall dealing with the Italian mafia. The direction was also directed by Antoine Fuqua, following his previous work.

In addition, the North American weekend box office rankings are 3rd place ‘My Greek Wedding 3′ ($10 million, first entry), 4th place ‘Jawan’ ($6.2 million, first entry), and 5th place ‘Barbie’ ($5.9 million, first entry). Cumulative amount was $620 million).

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