"The Curse of La Llorona" the latest horror movie in "The Conjuring" universe, drummed up $26.5 million to dominate the slowest Easter weekend in 14 years.

Total ticket sales were a combined $112 million, the lowest since 2005, according to Comscore. Why so slow? No one wanted to open a big movie ahead of Marvel’s "Captain Marvel" were significantly up as fans binged MCU movies ahead of "Endgame"'s release.)

Audiences gave "The Curse of La Llorona" a "B-" CinemaScore.

Last weekend’s champ "Shazam!" dropped to second place with $17 million in its third weekend. It’s now earned $121 million at the domestic market. Overseas, it crossed the $200 million mark for a worldwide total of $322.8 million.

The faith-based drama "DeVon Franklin of "Miracles from Heaven" and "Heaven Is for Real."

"Breakthrough" stars Chrissy Metz of "This is Us" as a mother who refuses to give up hope after her son nearly dies from a fall through an icy lake. Audiences gave the film, which is based on a true story, an "A" CinemaScore.

Disneynature’s family-friendly documentary Ed Helms, debuted below expectations with $2.3 million from 1,815 screens over the weekend. It's earned  $3.3 million since it opened on April 17. It received an "A" CinemaScore from audiences.

In limited release, "David Robert Mitchell.

Here are the top 10 estimates for April 19-21, 2019

1. "The Curse of La Llorona," $26,505,000
2. "Shazam!," $17,340,000
3. "Breakthrough, "$11,100,000
4."Captain Marvel," $9,100,000
5. "Little," $8,451,000
6. "Dumbo" (2019), $6,800,000
7. "Pet Sematary" (2019), $4,850,000
8. "Missing Link," $4,369,756
9. "Us,"$4,264,000
10. "Hellboy"(2019), $3,880,000

[Via Variety]