Source: ComingSoon.net
Sony’s Screen Gems’ “The Exorcism of Emily Rose” topped the box office with an impressive $30.2 million from 2,981 theaters. The horror-thriller was made for only $19 million and averaged a strong $10,130 per location. The studio repeated its first place finish from last year this same weekend, when “Resident Evil: Apocalypse” opened to $23 million. Emily Rose marks the third-biggest opening for the month of September in box office history.
Although panned by many critics as just another post-“The Exorcist” rip-off, the viewers have called them to task and given the thumbs-up for the demon possessed in Emily Rose and its dramatic courtroom twist on the plot.