LOS ANGELES, California: 'The Exorcist: Believer' drove out all its foes at the box office, but its numbers didn't entirely make heads spin.
Facing no real competition, the latest resurrection of the demonic franchise brought in $27.2 million for Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions in its opening weekend in North America, studio estimates showed on Sunday.Lidya Jewett and Olivia O'Neill in a scene from 'The Exorcist: Believer.' UNIVERSAL PICTURES PHOTO VIA APThat was more than the weekend take of the next three films combined.
Directed by David Gordon Green, who has become a legacy sequel specialist after helming a trilogy of 'Halloween' films, 'The Exorcist: Believer' stars 'Hamilton' actor Leslie Odom Jr., with Lidya Jewett as his 13-year-old daughter.The film got poor reviews, with a critics score of just 23 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.
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