the Nun film joins Warner's winning streak in US theaters

The horror movie "The Nun" was the most popular in US theaters this weekend, spreading a remarkable series of recent Warner Bros. hits, industry watchers said.

"the Nun", the latest installment of the popular series "the spell", obtained around 53.5 million dollars over the three-day weekend, according to preliminary figures from Exhibitor Relations. British director Corin Hardy made his name with the horror movie "The Hallow."

The film stars Demian Bichir, Taissa Farmiga and Jonas Bloquet, in a story about a young nun, an exorcist and a guide who stumbles upon a dark secret in the depths of Dracula's country: the Romania of 1952, nothing less than Transylvania .

"The Nun" pushed the second place to another Warner product, "Crazy Rich Asians," which had three strong weekends at the top. The romantic comedy, with an almost entirely Asian cast, led by Henry Golding and Constance Wu, earned $ 13.6 million.