Introduction:-
The Conjuring: Last Rites which is released this year 2025 is a supernatural horror film that marks the concluding main-story for "Ed" and "Lorraine Warren’s" cinematic and horrifying journey. Past movies of "The Conjuring" always showed good response by the audience due to it's story, visuals, horrific experience and good connections between different movies. Now, let's talk about the performance and popularity of this latest movie.
Popularity & Revenue Worldwide:-
The Conjuring: Last Rites was released first in the U.S. and United Kingdom on September 5, 2025 and in its opening weekend, it earned about US$84 million in the U.S. and Canada. Then talking about internationally, during that same opening approximately US$110-104 million was added, which made the global opening around US$187-194 million, setting a record for the biggest horror opening weekend globally. I would say, this was the fair start. As of today 15th September 2025, this movie has grossed US$131.1 million in the United States & Canada, and US$201.8 million in other territories, making a worldwide US$332.9 million approx. That was the most insane boost of this movie.
Announcement & Release Details:-
The movie was officially announced in October 2022. As per development reports, The Conjuring 4 was said to be in the works and trailer, teasers and promotional material were released through 2024-2025. Then it was released on September 5, 2025, but it was early released in several countries on September 3, 2025 and these countries include: Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Denmark, Philippines, Egypt and South Korea. This movie was released on over 3,800+ theaters in just U.S. on exact date and also it was rated 'R' (Restricted for children below 17) due to it's terror, bloody/violent content in the U.S.
Reasons for Its Demand & Craze:-
One of the obvious reason is that 'Ed' and 'Lorraine Warren' stories are well known, and many fans have followed The Conjuring Universe since 2013. So the final part of this universe 'The Conjuring: Last Rites' in which both are included brought major curiosity. Another reason are Trailers, teasers, and past reputation which made people anticipate scares, that's why horror movies always has a reliable audience if it done well. For a horror movie, budgeting wasn’t overly huge it is mostly in middle range, so profit potential was higher. Also, good technical work, sound design, anticipated scares, etc., added more and more quality in this movie. Such reputed and popular movies often make 'Global release strategies' that makes the movies grow even higher in worldwide and gain even more trust of audience.
Production Details:-
The Director of this movie is "Michael Chaves" and Producers are "James Wan" and "Peter Safran". The Screenwriters are "James Wan" and "David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick" and Screenplay was done by - "David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick", "Ian Goldberg" and "Richard Naing". The production cost of this film was approximately US$55 million and the filming began roughly from mid-September 2024 and ended to late November 2024. The Conjuring: Last Rites movie was filmed in UK, the story is set in Pennsylvania, the primary locations include - Hertfordshire, London, England(major filming hub), Knebworth Park, Cassiobury Park and other. The Studio / Production Companies were - 'New Line Cinema', 'Atomic Monster Productions', 'The Safran Company'.
After long wait, "The Conjuring: Last Rites" has provided everything that was expected by the audience such as - long-running storyline, number of jump scares, the movie included references to previous Conjuring films and one of this is including the "Annabelle doll", Emotional conclusion and other. As till now 15th September 2025, 10 days have passed from it's release and from these days, it has shown the extremely great performance in worldwide and it broke existing horror records too. This movie may mark the end of Warrens' mainline, but it's still not the end of 'Conjuring universe' and the way this movie has performed suggests that the Conjuring Universe will continue. What do you guys think of this movie, do you assume that in future we would see even more movies of "The Conjuring"? Let us know your own thoughts on these in the Comments.