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‘Annabelle: Creation’ is Already a Monstrous Hit!
Atomic Monster and New Line Cinema’s cinematic universe continues to thrive, proving that theatergoers will show up for high-quality, well-crafted horror films. In typically a slow month, the studio grabbed the final weekend before kids heads back to school to get them in cinemas for Annabelle: Creation, the second film in the franchise spun off from James Wan‘s The Conjuring. This one, directed by David F. Sandberg, was celebrated by fans and critics alike, resulting in a huge box office opening. Sunday estimates show a $35 million domestic opening, $71 million worldwide. The reported budget is a mere $15 million, which puts the total release costs in the $25-30 million range. After just one weekend it looks as if the film is close to 100% recouped meaning that it’s going to be a profit beast from here on out.
Looking back at the first Annabelle, released in 2015, it opened to $37 million and god awful reviews. It ended with $85 million, which looks to be the median for the franchise with a high point of about $100 million. A $250 million worldwide gross is highly probable. Holy shit. Next up is The Nun in 2018 with The Conjuring 3 and The Crooked Man arriving in 2019. A third Annabelle by 2020? Probably.
In Annabelle: Creation, “Several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a dollmaker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, soon becoming the target of the dollmaker’s possessed creation, Annabelle.”
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The full cast includes Stephanie Sigman (Spectre), Talitha Bateman (The 5th Wave), Lulu Wilson (Ouija 2), Philippa Anne Coulthard (After the Dark), Grace Fulton (Badland), Lou Lou Safran (The Choice), Samara Lee (The Last Witch Hunter), Tayler Buck, Anthony LaPaglia (TV’s Without a Trace) and Miranda Otto (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy).
Two-time BAFTA winning filmmaker Joe Wright (Hanna, “Black Mirror“) is set to direct the feature adaptation of post-apocalyptic thriller novel, Juice, Deadline reports today.
Emmy winner Abi Morgan (Shame, “Eric”) will adapt Tim Winton‘s novel for Working Title Films.
In Juice, “A young husband and father is recruited into a top-secret resistance organization, to join the ranks of militia men tasked with targeting the isolated and wealthy culprits responsible for this global catastrophe. When a mission goes wrong, he finds himself on the run, having to fight to the end to survive in this hostile world.”
It’s set in a world ravaged by climate-change disaster.
“I couldn’t be more thrilled that Tim Winton has entrusted us with his extraordinary epic,” Wright told Deadline. “The story is both a thrilling modern family saga and an urgent call to action. I cannot wait for audiences to experience it on the big screen.”
Winton added, “I’m pleased to know a filmmaker of Joe Wright’s calibre has chosen to adapt Juice for the screen. His capacity to portray the turmoil and the turning points of nations and peoples as well as private individuals distinguishes his work as a director and I’m confident that Juice is in good hands.”
Juice was initially published in October 2024 and longlisted for The Climate Fiction Prize 2026.
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