LOS ANGELES, Sept 18 — Warner Bros. thriller The Nun II kept a narrow lead on a mostly spiritless North American weekend with an estimated take of US$14.7 million, industry...
LOS ANGELES, Sept 18 — Warner Bros. thrillerkept a narrow lead on a mostly spiritless North American weekend with an estimated take of US$14.7 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported yesterday.series, a gothic tale of spiritual possessions featuring a demonic, red-eyed goat, stars Taissa Farmiga, Belgian actor Jonas Bloquet and Storm Reid., the latest Kenneth Branagh take on an Agatha Christie mystery, had an estimated US$14.5 million in ticket sales.
With Branagh both directing and making his latest big-moustached role as Belgian flatfoot Hercules Poirot, the movie took in an estimated US$14.5 million for the Friday-through-Sunday period. “This is a lukewarm domestic opening” for the genre, said analyst David A. Gross, while adding that with a US$60 million budget, “the movie isn’t going to lose money after it finishes playing in the foreign markets.”
The film has a sceptical Poirot being lured out of retirement to attend a seance where — not-much-of-a-spoiler alert! — someone is murdered. Tina Fey and Michelle Yeoh also star.starring Denzel Washington in his latest portrayal of a retired US Marine and drug-enforcement agent taking on an endless stream of bad guys., from Focus Features and Universal Pictures. It earned an estimated US$4.7 million. Nia Vardalos, again playing the central character, directs..