The pics running total stands at $353.2M.
Universals mid-sized budget Dracula comedyRenfieldis fourth with $8.03M after a $1.99M Sunday.
Its running total is $74.2M.
‘The Super Mario Bros Movie’Universal
A belief stands in distribution land that this movie can still get to $100M.
Sonys Crunchyrolls originalanimationpicSuzumeopened to $5M in seventh place.
Boy, was that theory wrong.
THE POPE’S EXORCIST,. © Screen Gems / Courtesy Everett Collection
Among the weekends most prolific wide entries, Sony/Screen Gems Russell Crowe movieThe Popes Exorcistlooks to notch No.
$140M box office.
BothPopeandRenfieldhad a mixed reaction on social per RelishMix ahead of the weekend.
Others consider the movie to be a spin-off of the classic 1973 horror filmThe Exorcist, starring Linda Blair.
Moreover, some viewers find the horror concept to be overdone, deeming the film as another exorcist.’
Heres how the top 10 looks; still a close call for No.
However, it could become the second-best weekend ever for an animated movie afterFrozen IIs $85.9M.
Currently,Incredibles IIis the second-best second weekend for a feature toon at $80.3M.
Behold, normalcy, finally at the box office and its not even summer.
Popes Exorcistis edging outRenfield,$8.65Mto$7.55M, and respectively in slots two and three.
It use to be that horror movies were spaced apart on the release calendar, ideally three months apart.
Both moviesPopeandRenfieldhave similar exits, respectively at 86% positive and 79% positive on Screen Engine/Comscores PostTrak.
Both had solid turnouts by Latino and Hispanic moviegoers.
However, the demo was the leading one forPopeat 39% toRenfields 27%.
Amazon/Artists Equity/Mandalay/Skydance Sports second weekend ofAiris looking to land in 5th place at 3,507 theaters.
Sonys release of CrunchyrollsSuzumelooks to land in 7th with $2.1M on Friday, and$5Mat 2,170 theaters.
Grosses werent strong, nor were exits at 64% on PostTrak, with a 44% recommend.
B+ CinemaScore and low PostTrak exits of 69%, 61% recommend.
Guys showed up at 56%, with 51% under 45.
Briarcliff EntertainmentsSweetwaterat 1,204 theaters is seeing$328Kfor the weekend after a $120K Friday.
Grosses were bad across the board.
Thats a 51% ease at 4,371 theaters after a $20M second Friday, -64%.
Running total by end of Sunday will be $332.8M.
Previous best second weekend for Illumination belonged toMinionswhich did $49.2M, -57%.
(Watch the trailerhere.)
Renfielddid$900Kin previews Thursday night toPopes Exorcists$850K.
Both were projecting $8M-$10M, butRenfieldlooks to be at the top of that range.
Renfieldfollows Draculas loyal servant, with Nicholas Hoult in the title role.
If only he can figure out how to end his co-dependency.
The film clearly is aimed at those who loved the 1980s cult monster comedyTransylvania 6-5000.Chris McKay directs.
(Watch the trailerhere.)
Sony is handling Crunchyrolls Makoto Shinkai movieSuzume, booked at 2,150 theaters, plus Imax and PLF theaters.
Briarcliff Entertainment hasSweetwaterin 1,204 theaters.
