Conjuring: Last Rites Breaks Box Office Records, Divides Critics

As of 2025-09-06T06:17:37+00:00, the latest entry in the Conjuring franchise, The Conjuring: Last Rites, is poised to make a significant impact at the box office. The film, which reunites Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as the paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, has already made waves with its impressive Thursday preview numbers.

According to industry reports, The Conjuring: Last Rites collected an impressive $8.5 million from its Thursday previews in North America. This marks the biggest preview collection for an R-rated horror movie in the post-pandemic era, surpassing the $6.7 million earned by Nope. In fact, the film's preview numbers have also beaten several other recent horror releases, making it the second-biggest preview collection for any horror movie since the COVID-19 pandemic, only behind Beetlejuice Beetlejuice's $13 million.

Based on these strong preview numbers, industry trackers are now expecting The Conjuring: Last Rites to earn between $65 million and $70 million over its opening weekend at the North American box office. This would make it the biggest debut for a Conjuring film and the biggest opening for any horror movie so far this year, even surpassing the performance of Final Destination: Bloodlines.

However, the film's critical reception has been somewhat mixed, with the critics giving it a 55% rating on Rotten Tomatoes' Tomatometer. Nonetheless, the audience rating stands at a respectable 79%, suggesting that fans of the franchise are eager to see the latest installment and are likely to turn out in large numbers to support it.