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This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Vera Farmiga in a scene from "The Conjuring: Last Rights." (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)

LOS ANGELES – It's the year for horror and “The Conjuring: Last Rites” was no exception. Its opening weekend tipped the genre over $1 billion in earnings for this year's domestic box office.

The horror sequel raked in $83 million domestically in 3,802 theaters, making it the third-highest domestic opening for a horror movie, behind “It” and “It: Chapter Two.” It's now the largest horror opening internationally, with $104 million in earnings outside of North American theaters.

The film also broke records for the “Conjuring” universe , securing the biggest opening weekend in

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