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- 7-Eleven owner restructures to fight takeover
- England's Harry Brook blasts triple century against Pakistan
- Chinese electric car companies cope with European tariffs
- Zelensky in London for whirlwind tour of Europe ahead of US vote
- Sri Lanka recovering faster than expected: World Bank
- Hong Kong, Shanghai rally as most markets track Wall St record
- Record-breaking Root, Brook both pass 200 as England pile up 658-3
- Football mourns Greek defender George Baldock's shock death at 31
- Uniqlo owner reports record annual earnings
- Hong Kong, Shanghai rally as markets track Wall St record
- Indonesia biomass drive threatens key forests: report
- Home is far away for Madagascar in AFCON qualifying
- Two months on, Donbas soldiers begin to question Kursk offensive
- Rugby Australia to counter-sue in dispute with Melbourne Rebels
- Mumbai mourns Indian industrialist Ratan Tata
- Philippines challenges China over South China Sea at ASEAN meet
- Mets advance on Lindor blast, Dodgers stay alive in MLB playoffs
- Injury-ravaged Krygios aiming to return at Australian Open
- Greek international Baldock, dead at 31: family
- EU talks deportation hubs to stem migration
- Deaths and repression sideline Suu Kyi's party ahead of Myanmar vote
- S. Africa offers a lesson on how not to shut down a coal plant
- China opens $71 bn 'swap facility' to boost markets
- Mets advance on Lindor grand slam, Yankees and Tigers win
- Taiwan President Lai vows to 'resist annexation' of island
- China's solar goes from supremacy to oversupply
- Asian markets track Wall St record as Hong Kong, Shanghai stabilise
- 'Denying my potential': women at Japan's top university call out gender imbalance
- China's central bank says opens up $70.6 bn in liquidity to boost market
- Zelensky on whirlwind tour of Europe ahead of US vote
- Youth facing unprecedented wave of violence, UN envoy warns
- 'A casino in every kitchen': Brazil's online gambling craze
- Nobel chemistry winner sees engineered proteins solving tough problems
- Lindor powers Mets past Phillies into NL Championship Series
- Wildlife populations plunge 73% since 1970: WWF
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- Tigers beat Guardians and on brink of advancing in MLB playoffs
- Argentina MPs back Milei's veto of university funding
- Man City sink Barca in Women's Champions League as Bayern outgun Arsenal
- Greek international Baldock, 31, found dead in pool: state agency
- Florida seaside haven a ghost town as hurricane nears
- Pharrell Williams to co-chair Met Gala exploring Black dandyism
- Wall Street indices hit fresh records as Chinese shares tumble
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'Nun II' narrowly outscares 'Haunting' in N.America theaters
Warner Bros. thriller "The Nun II" kept a narrow lead on a mostly spiritless North American weekend with an estimated take of $14.7 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.
This ninth chapter in "The Conjuring" series, a gothic tale of spiritual possessions featuring a demonic, red-eyed goat, stars Taissa Farmiga, Belgian actor Jonas Bloquet and Storm Reid.
20th Century's "A Haunting in Venice," the latest Kenneth Branagh take on an Agatha Christie mystery, had an estimated $14.5 million in ticket sales. (Since it trailed "Nun" by only $200,000, the ultimate weekend winner may be decided only on Monday.)
With Branagh both directing and making his latest big-moustached role as Belgian flatfoot Hercules Poirot, the movie took in an estimated $14.5 million for the Friday-through-Sunday period.
"This is a lukewarm domestic opening" for the genre, said analyst David A. Gross, while adding that with a $60 million budget, "the movie isn’t going to lose money after it finishes playing in the foreign markets."
The film has a skeptical Poirot being lured out of retirement to attend a seance where -- not-much-of-a-spoiler alert! -- someone is murdered. Tina Fey and Michelle Yeoh also star.
The weekend's third top moneymaker, at $7.2 million, was Sony's "The Equalizer 3" starring Denzel Washington in his latest portrayal of a retired US Marine and drug-enforcement agent taking on an endless stream of bad guys.
In fourth spot was another sequel, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3," from Focus Features and Universal Pictures. It earned an estimated $4.7 million. Nia Vardalos, again playing the central character, directs.
And heroically hanging on in fifth spot in its ninth weekend out was Warner Bros.' "Barbie." The Greta Gerwig film had ticket sales of $3.9 million.
Rounding out the top 10 were:
"Jawan" ($2.5 million)
"Blue Beetle" ($2.5 million)
"Gran Turismo" ($2.4 million)
"Oppenheimer" ($2.1 million)
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle: Mutant Mayhem" ($2 million)
C.Garcia--AMWN