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\n\t20th Century Studios\u2019 new entry A Haunting in Venice<\/em> \u2014 the third installment in Kenneth Branagh\u2019s Agatha Christie-inspired movie series \u2014 is in a close race with New Line Cinema\u2019s holdover The Nun II<\/em> for the box office weekend crown.<\/p>\n \n\tBased on Friday business, both films are looking at a gross in the $13.5 million to $14.5 million range. Most rival studios show A Haunting<\/em> prevailing.<\/p>\n \n\tWhile A Haunting in Venice <\/em>is opening in line with expectations, it\u2019s still a muted start for the movie and isn\u2019t far ahead of the last film in the series, Death on the Nile,<\/em> which opened to $12.8 million in February 2022, when the box office was still in recovery mode. The sequel was among the many films delayed because of COVID-19; it also had to contend with negative publicity surrounding star Armie Hammer (he doesn\u2019t appear in the new film). That film\u2019s ensemble cast also included Gal Gadot and Letitia Wright. Death on the Nile<\/em> topped out at a subdued $137.3 million globally. <\/p>\n \n\t20th Century, a division of Disney, kept the budget of A Haunting<\/em> at $60 million to $70 million for the last one.<\/p>\n \n\tIn 2017, Branagh\u2019s Murder on the Orient Express<\/em> turned into a sleeper hit after opening to $28.6 million domestically on its way to earning more than $350 million worldwide. (The first film\u2019s ensemble cast includes Michelle Pfeiffer and Johnny Depp.) All three received a B CinemaScore, although A Haunting<\/em> has notably better reviews.<\/p>\n \n\tIn addition to directing, Branagh reprises his role as the iconic detective Hercule Poirot in A Haunting in Venice<\/em>. The ensemble cast also includes Camille Cottin, Michelle Yeoh, Tina Fey, Jamie Dornan, Jude Hill, Kyle Allen and Riccardo Scamarcio. Similar to other recent movies, Branagh\u2019s film had to make its final publicity push without the help of its cast because of the ongoing actors strike.<\/p>\n \n\tElsewhere, Craig Gillespie\u2019s Dumb<\/em> Money<\/em>, about the 2021 GameStop stock phenomenon fueled by individual investors driven by social media, opens in six locations this weekend. Sony had intended to roll out the film nationwide on Sept. 22 but decided to go more slowly because of the strike and the inability of actors to promote the film.<\/p>\n \n\tDumb Money<\/em> stars Paul Dano and Pete Davidson. America Ferrera, Seth Rogen, Shailene Woodley and Anthony Ramos co-star in the film, which made its debut at the Toronto Film Festival. It\u2019s on course for an opening per location screen average of $28,806.<\/p>\n \n\tOverall, moviegoing is slowing down after the summer rush. One fun tidbit: Greta Gewrig\u2019s Barbie<\/em> remains in the top 5 as it approaches the $630 mark domestically.<\/p>\n \n\tAnd Christopher Nolan\u2019s\u00a0Oppenheimer<\/em>\u00a0is set to finish the weekend with a global total of $912 million to become the top-grossing biopic ever at the box office ahead of Bohemian Rhapsody<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\tNumbers will be updated Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n #Haunting #Venice #Nun #Close #Box #Office #Race #Hollywood #Reporter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 20th Century Studios\u2019 new entry A Haunting in Venice \u2014 the third installment in Kenneth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2216,2215,226,1821,325,2217,1882,1822,227],"class_list":["post-1431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-news","tag-box","tag-close","tag-haunting","tag-hollywood","tag-nun","tag-office","tag-race","tag-reporter","tag-venice"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/demo3.aiwalls.com\/thesemovies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/M230908_WD002-H-2023.jpg",1024,576,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/demo3.aiwalls.com\/thesemovies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/M230908_WD002-H-2023-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/demo3.aiwalls.com\/thesemovies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/M230908_WD002-H-2023-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/demo3.aiwalls.com\/thesemovies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/M230908_WD002-H-2023-768x432.jpg",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/demo3.aiwalls.com\/thesemovies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/M230908_WD002-H-2023.jpg",640,360,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/demo3.aiwalls.com\/thesemovies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/M230908_WD002-H-2023.jpg",1024,576,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/demo3.aiwalls.com\/thesemovies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/M230908_WD002-H-2023.jpg",1024,576,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/demo3.aiwalls.com\/thesemovies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/M230908_WD002-H-2023.jpg",1024,576,false],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/demo3.aiwalls.com\/thesemovies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/M230908_WD002-H-2023-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/demo3.aiwalls.com\/thesemovies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/M230908_WD002-H-2023-590x410.jpg",590,410,true],"arpw-thumbnail":["https:\/\/demo3.aiwalls.com\/thesemovies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/M230908_WD002-H-2023-50x50.jpg",50,50,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/demo3.aiwalls.com\/thesemovies\/?author=1"},"category_info":"Movie News<\/a>","tag_info":"Movie News","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo3.aiwalls.com\/thesemovies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo3.aiwalls.com\/thesemovies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo3.aiwalls.com\/thesemovies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo3.aiwalls.com\/thesemovies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo3.aiwalls.com\/thesemovies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo3.aiwalls.com\/thesemovies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo3.aiwalls.com\/thesemovies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo3.aiwalls.com\/thesemovies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo3.aiwalls.com\/thesemovies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo3.aiwalls.com\/thesemovies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}