Last Rites’ Summons a Franchise-Best Box Office

After a longer-than-expected wait, the fictionalized versions of Ed and Lorraine Warren have financially gone out with a bang.

Per the Hollywood Reporter, this weekend’s The Conjuring: Last Rites has made $187 million worldwide. Of that, $83 million came domestically, becoming the best launch for a Conjuring movie, the third-biggest open for a horror movie overall, and well past initial projections from Warner Bros. and box office analysts….