In an early scene from Michael Chaves' The Conjuring: Last Rites, Ed and Lorraine Warren, played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, are featured in a classroom giving one of their demonology lectures, but when we see their audience for the first time, only a few seats in the hall are filled. Presented as a contrast to the first film in the horror series, it's meant to inform movie-goers that the protagonists are reaching the end of their careers... but it's notably not a reflection of reality. The Warrens may be done fighting evil, but box office numbers suggest that they are are just as popular as ever.
The Conjuring: Last Rites has been marketed as the end of the Conjuring Universe, and it is positioned as the opener for Halloween Season 2025 – and it seems those two special qualifiers have turned it into an instant box office juggernaut. The movie majorly overperformed compared to expectations, and it has broken records along the way. Check out the full Top 10 below and join me after for analysis.
