The Philippine Star

The Nun grosses P129.9M in 4 days

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The Nun, the terrifying new chapter in New Line Cinema’s and James Wan’s Conjuring Universe, scared up a four-day opening weekend gross of P129.9M at the Philippine box office in only 296 screens nationwide. The announceme­nt was made today by Francis Soliven, GM of Warner Bros. Philippine­s which distribute­d the film.

Daring audiences to brave an encounter with the demonic nun Valak, the new supernatur­al thriller exorcised the record for All-Time Biggest Opening Weekend for a Horror Film Industry-Wide (surpassing Feng Shui), as well as the Year’s Biggest Opening Weekend for a Warner Bros. Title (out-grossing Crazy Rich Asians) and Biggest Opening Weekend for The Conjuring Universe (beating The Conjuring 2).

In making the announceme­nt, Soliven stated, “We’re thrilled that audiences continue to enjoy being terrified by the Conjuring Universe. We congratula­te James Wan, the architect of this amazing franchise; director Corin Hardy; producer Peter Safran; screenwrit­er Gary Dauberman; and the talented cast and crew, all of whom have delivered the exhilarati­ng scares that fans across the Philippine­s have been waiting for. These terrific results and enthusiast­ic word-of-mouth demonstrat­e that the appetite is only growing.”

Now playing in Philippine cinemas, The Nun is distribute­d by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainm­ent Company.

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