Well thank you America! The Conjuring 2 brought in a whopping $40 million domestically, Warcraft had $24 million, and Now You See Me 2 rounds out the top 3 with $23 million.
With Warcraft being a popular video game franchise, it was pretty much a sure thing that it would dominate at the box office, and worldwide, that definitely was the case. Internationally Warcraft pulled in $261 million. $144 million of that coming exclusively from China. In fact, Warcraft has officially become the fastest movie to reach 1 Billion Chinese Yuan, beating out Furious 7 by about six hours. This is nothing short of a huge accomplishment.
As many may have noticed from my Warcraft review (here), I didn't think Warcraft was a terrible movie, but I did find it a little boring and forgettable. Of the 3 movies being released last weekend, I can't praise The Conjuring 2 enough (review here). So even though I was pushing for The Conjuring 2 to win at the domestic box office, I was pretty sure that a horror movie didn't stand a chance against a video game movie with a massive following.
Next weekend, with Finding Dory coming out, I'm sure that both of these movies will drop off dramatically. At least for this week it is nice to see that America has chosen a horror movie to be the highest grossing movie of the weekend.
What did you think of The Conjuring 2 or Warcraft? Did you think that Warcraft deserved more love than it got? Leave your comments below and remember to always keep it unpopped.
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