THE CONJURING: LAST RITES Makes Horror Movie History With Biggest Global Opening Of All Time

The Conjuring: Last Rites has surpassed estimates this weekend, making horror movie history after taking in a massive $194 million worldwide...

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By MarkCassidy - Sep 08, 2025 06:09 PM EST

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The Conjuring movies have always been very popular with general audiences, but we're not sure anyone could have predicted this.

After a much better-than-expected opening weekend at the worldwide box office, the final (we'll see about that) instalment in the supernatural horror movie series, The Conjuring: Last Rites, has landed the biggest global debut in horror film history.

The ninth entry in Warner Bros. and New Line’s franchise (fourth in the main series) amassed $194 million worldwide in its first weekend of release, placing it significantly above Sunday’s estimate of $187 million worldwide. This takes the movie past 2017’s It, which was the previous highest horror grosser with $190 million.

Last Rites also set a new record internationally a with $110 million debut, passing 2019’s It: Chapter Two ($92 million)

It's turned out to be a very good year for Warner Bros. after the studio went through a rough patch with the likes of Joker: Folie à Deux, Mickey 17, and The Alto Knights. WB has now made box office history as the first studio to ever have seven consecutive films open above $40 million.

In addition, James Gunn's Superman was the highest-grossing superhero movie of 2025, soaring past The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Captain America: Brave New World, and Thunderbolts*.

Have you been to see The Conjuring: Last Rites yet? If so, what did you think? Let us know in the comments section down below.

Final opening wknd #boxoffice breakdown for #TheConjuringLastRites:

$34.65M - FRI (incl pre-shows)
$30.4M - SAT (-12%)
$18.95M - SUN (-38%)
$84M - WKND

8th biggest opening of 2025, #1 among horror films, #1 among R-rated pics. SENSATIONAL!!
— Gitesh Pandya (TikTok @gitesh.pandya) (@GiteshPandya) September 8, 2025

New #Conjuring    ended its opening wknd HIGHER than estimates at $84M!! That's more than Conjuring 1 + Conjuring 2 COMBINED! Will likely break $100M at domestic #boxoffice on WED after only 6 days! #TheConjuring #TheConjuringLastRites pic.twitter.com/8jXSwR5OVW
— Gitesh Pandya (TikTok @gitesh.pandya) (@GiteshPandya) September 8, 2025

The official synopsis reads:

"The Conjuring: Last Rites delivers another thrilling chapter of the iconic Conjuring cinematic universe, based on real events. Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson reunite for one last case as renowned, real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren in a powerful and spine-chilling addition to the global box office-breaking franchise. Farmiga and Wilson star alongside Mia Tomlinson and Ben Hardy, who portray Ed and Lorraine’s daughter Judy Warren and her boyfriend, Tony Spera, as well as Steve Coulter returning as Father Gordon, Rebecca Calder, Elliot Cowan, Kíla Lord Cassidy, Beau Gadsdon, John Brotherton and Shannon Kook."

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23 Comments

AllsGood - 9/8/2025, 6:12 PM

Wallets Open 😁

AllsGood - 9/8/2025, 6:15 PM

Tomorrow can't wait 🙂

PatientXero - 9/8/2025, 6:28 PM

I hope Ed and Loraine Warren are rotting in hell. Horrible people.

BeNice123 - 9/8/2025, 7:01 PM

@PatientXero - exactly. If only people knew the real truth.

jst5 - 9/8/2025, 7:45 PM

@BeNice123 - It's not hard to find out....I have no idea why this keeps being said though.I hate to tell you...numerous horror movies are based around real life bad people.

PatientXero - 9/8/2025, 8:29 PM

@jst5 - because this is a huge franchise. Built on lies, manipulation, fraud, pedophilia and evil.

jst5 - 9/8/2025, 8:38 PM

@PatientXero - You know how many horror franchises are based on real people/stories?It's a Hollywood horror movie...that's it.If someone wants to know the real people there is the net for that.

PatientXero - 9/8/2025, 10:06 PM

@jst5 - these movies are glorifying pieces of shit. It’s not as if the movie ends with a caption, “BTW, Ed and Loraine were charlatans and pedophiles”.

jst5 - 9/8/2025, 10:22 PM

@PatientXero - Stay away from Hollywood horror movies,bud.

GeneralZod - 9/8/2025, 6:29 PM

$194MM global for a horror film, in early September, is spectacular. Well done! WB probably kicking themselves for not putting it out in early August.

ThorArms - 9/8/2025, 6:30 PM

@GeneralZod - Why? They had Weapons the first weekend of August and that's made $250m+ so far.

GeneralZod - 9/8/2025, 6:41 PM

@ThorArms - Then they could have scheduled it in July. Or June. Or May. The point is that those are really great numbers post-Labor Day in the US, and they could have netted better numbers over the summer.

There was a time when theaters thrived on the studios putting out so many good films at around the same time over the summer that that made the theater the place to be at.

theFUZZ008 - 9/8/2025, 7:05 PM

@GeneralZod - Why would that at all matter? If anything, it would’ve done worse.

CAPTAINPINKEYE - 9/8/2025, 9:42 PM

@GeneralZod - WOW! Dude, thanks for the flashback. I got the feeling of euphoria when I saw the old news paper clip.

ThorArms - 9/8/2025, 6:29 PM

Wowza

SonOfAGif - 9/8/2025, 6:38 PM

The horror genre is the most financially sustainable genre for any studio.

DarthOmega - 9/8/2025, 6:41 PM

That's really impressive and surprising. I've only seen the first film, so maybe the others were just as good to have this level of longevity.

I think we've gotten so used to streaming and watching movies on tiny, possibly cracked phone screens we've forgotten how awesome the movie going experience can be.

Get out there y'all. Support the theaters. One of the best communal experiences we have.

bobevanz - 9/8/2025, 7:01 PM

@DarthOmega -

AnthonyVonGeek - 9/8/2025, 6:45 PM

Decent film series. The last one was the weakest to me, the ghost/demons in it reminded me of the bad guys from Ghosts Of Mars

bobevanz - 9/8/2025, 6:58 PM

Almost three times it's budget already. This is like a mini Endgame for horror movies. WB is kicking ass this year all around, the only dud was Alto Knights and that was Zaslav's own doing lol

tmp3 - 9/8/2025, 7:30 PM

@bobevanz - Alto Knights was such an awful disappointment. Felt like a genuinely inept movie, makes sense that the director and writer are both in their 90’s. Huge step down from Goodfellas, Casino and the book Wise Guy also by Pillegi. Had to rewatch some Sopranos to wash the taste outta my mouth. Huge bummer if it’s De Niro’s mafia swan song, since Irishman already felt like his perfect goodbye to the genre

ModHaterSLADE - 9/8/2025, 8:52 PM

Pretty Damn impressive, I always did like the leads for the franchise.

Laridian - 9/8/2025, 9:48 PM

I loved the first two movies, but I found the third one lacking. I think I expected they were really gonna focus on the court case, but it went in a weird direction. That said, I'm looking forward to this one. Love this duo and recently found out Vera Farmiga is the lead singer of a gothic band called The Yagas. They made a song for the film.

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THE CONJURING: LAST RITES Makes Horror Movie History With Biggest Global Opening Of All Time

The Conjuring: Last Rites has surpassed estimates this weekend, making horror movie history after taking in a massive $194 million worldwide...

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