'Conjuring 2' Looks to Scare Up a #1 Finish Over 'Now You See Me 2' and 'Warcraft'

9 June 2016 12:03 PM, PDT | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »

This weekend offers up the 16th and 17th wide release sequels of 2016 in the form of The Conjuring 2 and Now You See Me 2. Meanwhile Warcraft delivers the year's third video game adaptation with one more on the way. Expectation is for the three films to finish "one, two, three" respectively at this weekend's box office with the Conjuring and Now You See Me sequels hoping to deliver better results than recent 2016 sequels have been able to muster when compared to their original releases. Warcraft, however, is looking like it's mostly going to be an international play for Universal and the film's financiers as it has now topped $168 million from overseas markets, including record numbers in China, while eyeing a lackluster domestic debut. At the top of this weekend's box office will be the sequel to James Wan's 2013 supernatural, "based on a true story" thriller, The Conjuring. Upon its release, »

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