“The Nun II” is pretty bad — worse than the original, in my book — and it’s usually up to opening (preview) night audiences to get the word out, along with critics (it wasn’t previewed for us). It’s basically a random series of attacks and jolts struggling to connect to the surviving characters from the first film’s slaughter. “Story” shmory.

Based on the limited data coming in, Deadline.com is still projecting it to earn over $30 ($31-34) million on its opening weekend. That’s a lot less than the blockbuster original film’s $53 million, and it seems a tad high, based on the anecdotal fact that I saw it Thursday night with two other people in the busiest theater in Orlando, one of the busiest in the entire Regal Cinemas chain.

But we’ll see. Its “preview” night take was just over half of the original film’s.

Reviews won’t be helping this one. Nor will the critics cheerlead “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3“ into big box office. Under $10, $9.5, Deadline.com is saying. Didn’t cost much, so it could break even down the road.

“The Equalizer 3” — yes, we’re only talking about sequels this weekend — should split the difference between those two and land in second place on its second weekend, with a take in the $11-13 range. It’s earned over $50 million, as of Friday, and will be deep into profit by weekend’s end.

Indian action films have become a much bigger deal in North America the past few years, and the fourth place film at this weekend’s BO reflects that. “Jawan” is playing on less than 800 screens and is still slated to make $6-7 million. I’ll try to catch that Sunday.

And here are your final estimates Sunday afternoon via @BoxOffocePro