'The Conjuring 2' Rules The Domestic Box Office As 'Warcraft' Dominates Worldwide
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It's a big opening weekend for The Conjuring 2 domestically as the film rakes in an impressive $40.4 million in its opening weekend. However, Warcraft continues its worldwide domination with another $210.2 million worldwide.
"Universal's 'Warcraft' declared box-office war this weekend with impressive global takings of $210.2 million and cumulative total to date of nearly $300 million," said comScore's Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian.
"On the scarier side of the ledger, Warner Bros.' 'The Conjuring 2' earned $90.35 million and proved that being a second installment is nothing to fear."
It will be interesting to see where Warcraft peaks however, it has been crushing it at the box office and doesn't seem to be letting up any time soon.
The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, June 12, are below.
Warcraft - Universal - $210.2M
Conjuring 2, The - Warner Bros.
- $90.3M
Now You See Me 2 - Multiple - $43.1M
X-Men: Apocalypse - 20th Century Fox - $35.0M
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows - Paramount - $28.1M
Alice Through The Looking Glass - Disney - $20.1M
Angry Birds Movie, The - Sony - $17.1M
Me Before You - Warner Bros.
- $14.3M
Jungle Book, The - Disney - $10.2M
Money Monster - Sony - $5.9M
Captain America: Civil War - Disney - $5.5M
Nice Guys, The - Multiple - $5.1M
The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, June 12, are below.
Conjuring 2, The - Warner Bros. - $40.4M
Warcraft - Universal - $24.4M
Now You See Me 2 - Lionsgate - $23.0M
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows - Paramount - $14.8M
X-Men: Apocalypse - 20th Century Fox - $10.0M
Me Before You - Warner Bros.
- $9.2M
Angry Birds Movie, The - Sony - $6.7M
Alice Through The Looking Glass - Disney - $5.5M
Captain America: Civil War - Disney - $4.3M
Jungle Book, The - Disney - $2.7M
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising - Universal - $2.1M
Nice Guys, The - Warner Bros.
- $2.1M