It may have taken seven years, but "The Nun" is no longer the Queen of The Conjuring Universe. Released in 2018, director Corin Hardy's "The Conjuring 2" spin-off made $366 million worldwide and, ever since, has remained the highest-grossing entry in the franchise. Until now, that is. Valak has been defeated.

"The Conjuring: Last Rites" has been on a tear at the box office for the last few weekends , opening to an astounding $194 million worldwide on the first weekend of September. That represented a new global record for a horror movie, surpassing 2017's "It" ($190 million). On its third weekend, director Michael Chaves' "Last Rites" pulled in another $12.2 million domestically, good enough for number three on the charts.

More importantly, the fourth solo "Conjuring" movie led by Patri

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