Candyman Film Wins Box Office On Premiere Week

Candyman (Universal Pictures)

JAKARTA - Nia DaCosta's Candyman film immediately topped the box office in Hollywood last week with 22 million US dollars or equivalent to Rp. 315 billion.

The film premiered on August 27 in more than 3,000 theaters in the United States. Within three days, they managed to achieve the income as stated.

This achievement was considered successful because they got a box office in the midst of the pandemic and the increasing spread of the Delta variant. Candyman is also a sequel to the first film which was released in 1992.

In second place is Free Guy, starring Ryan Reynolds. This film earned 13.6 million US dollars and has decreased by 27 percent compared to when it first aired.

As the title implies, Candyman centers on a supernatural assassin who terrorizes a neighborhood. It is said that if his name is mentioned in front of the mirror five times, Candyman will come and kill whoever calls him.

Long time no see, this incident began to emerge after Anthony McCoy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) used the story as inspiration. As a result, people who just found out about the story began to call Candyman.

Candyman is also written by Jordan Peele who is good at working on various horror stories. This time, he gets credit for Candyman's story is able to bring nostalgia to the horror classics of the '90s.