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Candyman

2021 R 1h 31m Horror, Thriller Universal Pictures

Dare to say his name

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$61M
Final
Opening Weekend
$22M
$22.3M 3-day opening
Domestic Legs
2.8x
Opening → Total
Budget
$25M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$77M
Global release
2021 Rank
#20
Domestic
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Aug 27-29 (opening) 1 $22.0M $22.0M 3,569 $6K 1
Sep 3-5 2 $10.3M -53.2% $38.8M 3,569 $3K 2
Sep 10-12 $4.8M -53.8% $48.0M 3,279 $1K 3
Sep 17-19 4 $3.5M -26.0% $53.2M 2,820 $1K 4
Sep 24-26 $2.6M -27.4% $56.9M 2,556 $1K 5
Oct 1-3 $1.3M -50.5% $58.9M 1,745 $726 6
Oct 8-10 $710K -44.0% $60.1M 1,153 $615 7
Oct 15-17 $442K -37.8% $60.8M 1,012 $436 8
Oct 22-24 $160K -63.8% $61.0M 786 $203 9
Oct 29-31 $71K -55.3% $61.1M 659 $108 10
Nov 5-7 $23K -67.4% $61.2M 123 $189 11

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Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byNia DaCosta
ScreenplayNia DaCosta, Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld
Produced byJordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, Ian Cooper
CinematographyJohn Guleserian
MusicRobert Aiki Aubrey Lowe
StarringYahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo