This weekend’s other new releases, Warcraft and Now You See Me 2 came in second and third places respectively, with Warcraft earning $24.3 million with a $7,164 per-screen average from 3,400 theaters and Now You See Me 2 taking in $23 million with a $7,124 per-screen average from 3,232 theaters.
This weekend brought two new sequels, The Conjuring 2 and Now You See Me 2, along with the video game adaptation Warcraft, but it was The Conjuring 2 that came out on top with $40.3 million.
According to Box Office Mojo, The Conjuring 2 pulled in an impressive $12,070 per-screen average from 3,343 theaters.
It’s worth noting that the original Now You See Me opened with $29.3 million in 2013, en route to $117 million domestic and $351 million worldwide, from a $75 million budget.