Warner released “It” on the same weekend last year and that movie arrived to $123.4 million in ticket sales, going on to gross more than $700 million worldwide. Warner Bros. and its New Line division spent $22 million to make “The Nun,” which stars Taissa Farmiga and Demián Bichir and collected an additional $77.5 million overseas. The five-film “Conjuring” series has printed money for Warner, costing roughly $300 million to make and market in total and generating $1.3 billion in combined ticket sales. First came the silly shark movie “The Meg,” which has collected nearly $500 million worldwide. (Still no word on whether “Crazy Rich Asians” will be released in China, which operates a quota system for foreign films.)

Source: New York Times September 09, 2018 17:15 UTC