India, Sept. 8 -- Last Rites has delivered a record-breaking start at the Indian box office. Released on Friday, last week in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu, the film collected Rs.60.40 crore (gross) over its opening weekend across 2,130 screens, including IMAX. With this, it has become the biggest opening weekend ever for a Hollywood horror film in India.

The latest installment of the popular horror franchise reunites Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson as paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. Directed by Michael Chaves, the film blends supernatural scares with a personal story that spans decades, beginning in the mid-1960s before moving into the 1980s. The plot revolves around a cursed mirror from the Warrens' past that resurf...