Hercule Poirot is back on the case this weekend, with Kenneth Branagh’s “A Haunting in Venice” hoping to best a very quiet box office in its opening. The horror-tinged whodunnit scored $5.5 ...

“Nothing says ‘normal’ like a post-summer slowdown at the box office, and this year is no exception,” says senior Comscore analyst Paul Dergarabedian. “A Haunting in Venice,” the third ...

“A Haunting in Venice” is expected to beat last week’s box office champ Warner Bros.’ “The Nun II,” which opened with $32.6 million.

MONDAY AM: It wasn’t a tie as many had Nun 2 and A Haunting in Venice far apart at the box office yesterday, but the New Line horror pic’s second weekend really did win in the end with a $14 ...

“A Haunting in Venice,” Kenneth Branagh’s latest cinematic take on Agatha Christie’s library of murder mystery novels, is expected to spook the box office competition. It’s targeting a ...

but recent installments have yet to reach that first pic’s box office heights. Also, A Haunting in Venice cost a reported $60M versus Death on the Nile‘s $100M before P&A; that pic faltered ...

The box office is seeing its tightest race for No. 1 this year between Disney/20th Century’s “A Haunting in Venice” and Warner Bros./New Line’s “The Nun II,” but it is also seeing the ...