Delivering a new opening weekend best for The Conjuring franchise, The Nun [THNUN] topped the box office with an estimated $53.5 million. The horror prequel also became the second biggest September opener and second biggest R-rated debut, both behind last year's It. The audience was 51% male and 44% aged 25 years or older.
Crazy Rich Asians [CRASN] slipped to second for the first time to $13.6 million, bringing its total to $136.2 million.
Peppermint [PPRMN] debuted at the third spot with $13.3 million. The femme-actioner skewed 56% female and 78% aged 25 and over.
In fifth place, Searching [SARCH] declined just 26% in its second wide weekend to $4.5 million. The online thriller has earned $14.3 million.
Operation Finale [OPFIN] dropped 49% to $3.0 million and eighth overall. $14.1 million. The historical thriller has banked $14.1 million.
God Blessed the Broken Road [GBTBR] opened with just $1.6 million.
| Rank | TITLE | F-S-S | TOTAL |
| 1 | THE NUN | $53,500,000 | $53,500,000 |
| 2 | CRAZY RICH ASIANS | $13,600,000 | $136,222,000 |
| 3 | PEPPERMINT | $13,263,000 | $13,263,000 |
| 4 | THE MEG | $6,030,000 | $131,573,000 |
| 5 | SEARCHING | $4,515,000 | $14,311,130 |
| 6 | MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT | $3,800,000 | $212,116,767 |
| 7 | CHRISTOPHER ROBIN | $3,196,000 | $91,725,090 |
| 8 | OPERATION FINALE | $3,043,000 | $14,107,446 |
| 9 | ALPHA | $2,505,000 | $32,447,518 |
| 10 | BLACKkKLANSMAN | $1,565,000 | $43,454,530 |
| 11 | GOD BLESS THE BROKEN ROAD | $1,562,000 | $1,562,000 |
| 12 | INCREDIBLES 2 | $1,284,000 | $604,397,505 |
Tag(s): THNUN, CRASN, PPRMN, SARCH, OPFIN, GBTBR