Name: Candyman
Director: Nia DaCosta
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Released: 2021
Cast: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Thu Aug 26	#P	$1.90M		—	$1.90M	2,750	$690	-1
Fri Aug 27	#1	$9.22M		—	$9.22M	3,569	$2.6K	1
Sat Aug 28	#1	$7.95M	-14%	—	$17.16M	3,569	$2.2K	2
Sun Aug 29	#1	$4.84M	-39%	—	$22.00M	3,569	$1.4K	3
Mon Aug 30	#1	$1.79M	-63%	—	$23.79M	3,569	$501	4
Tue Aug 31	#1	$1.94M	+8%	—	$25.73M	3,569	$543	5
Wed Sep 1	#1	$1.47M	-24%	—	$27.20M	3,569	$411	6
Thu Sep 2	#1	$1.31M	-11%	—	$28.51M	3,569	$367	7
Fri Sep 3	#2	$2.89M	+121%	-69%	$31.40M	3,569	$809	8
Sat Sep 4	#2	$3.93M	+36%	-51%	$35.33M	3,569	$1.1K	9
Sun Sep 5	#2	$3.48M	-11%	-28%	$38.81M	3,569	$974	10
Mon Sep 6	#3	$2.21M	-37%	+23%	$41.02M	3,569	$618	11
Tue Sep 7	#2	$831K	-62%	-57%	$41.85M	3,569	$232	12
Wed Sep 8	#2	$701K	-16%	-52%	$42.55M	3,569	$196	13
Thu Sep 9	#2	$650K	-7%	-50%	$43.20M	3,569	$182	14
Fri Sep 10	#—	$1.40M	+115%	-52%	$44.60M	3,279	$426	15
Sat Sep 11	#—	$2.18M	+56%	-45%	$46.78M	3,279	$664	16
Sun Sep 12	#—	$1.18M	-46%	-66%	$47.96M	3,279	$361	17
Mon Sep 13	#—	$380K	-68%	-83%	$48.34M	3,279	$115	18
Tue Sep 14	#—	$469K	+23%	-44%	$48.81M	3,279	$143	19
Wed Sep 15	#—	$430K	-8%	-39%	$49.24M	3,279	$131	20
Thu Sep 16	#—	$425K	-1%	-35%	$49.67M	3,279	$129	21
Fri Sep 17	#4	$1.04M	+143%	-26%	$50.70M	2,820	$367	22
Sat Sep 18	#—	$1.63M	+57%	-25%	$52.33M	2,820	$577	23
Sun Sep 19	#—	$859K	-47%	-27%	$53.19M	2,820	$304	24
Mon Sep 20	#—	$284K	-67%	-25%	$53.48M	2,820	$100	25
Tue Sep 21	#—	$329K	+16%	-30%	$53.81M	2,820	$116	26
Wed Sep 22	#—	$270K	-18%	-37%	$54.08M	2,820	$95	27
Thu Sep 23	#—	$256K	-5%	-40%	$54.33M	2,820	$90	28
Fri Sep 24	#—	$748K	+192%	-28%	$55.08M	2,556	$292	29
Sat Sep 25	#—	$1.18M	+57%	-28%	$56.26M	2,556	$459	30
Sun Sep 26	#—	$635K	-46%	-26%	$56.89M	2,556	$248	31
Mon Sep 27	#—	$202K	-68%	-29%	$57.09M	2,556	$78	32
Tue Sep 28	#—	$235K	+16%	-29%	$57.33M	2,556	$91	33
Wed Sep 29	#—	$206K	-12%	-24%	$57.53M	2,556	$80	34
Thu Sep 30	#5	$140K	-32%	-45%	$57.67M	2,556	$54	35
Fri Oct 1	#—	$356K	+154%	-52%	$58.03M	1,745	$204	36
Sat Oct 2	#—	$588K	+65%	-50%	$58.62M	1,745	$336	37
Sun Oct 3	#—	$323K	-45%	-49%	$58.94M	1,745	$185	38
Mon Oct 4	#—	$112K	-65%	-44%	$59.05M	1,745	$64	39
Tue Oct 5	#—	$126K	+12%	-46%	$59.18M	1,745	$72	40
Wed Oct 6	#—	$118K	-7%	-43%	$59.30M	1,745	$67	41
Thu Oct 7	#—	$77K	-35%	-45%	$59.37M	1,745	$44	42
Fri Oct 8	#—	$211K	+174%	-41%	$59.58M	1,153	$182	43
Sat Oct 9	#—	$308K	+46%	-48%	$59.89M	1,153	$267	44
Sun Oct 10	#—	$191K	-38%	-41%	$60.08M	1,153	$165	45
Mon Oct 11	#—	$92K	-52%	-18%	$60.17M	1,153	$79	46
Tue Oct 12	#—	$73K	-20%	-42%	$60.25M	1,153	$63	47
Wed Oct 13	#—	$65K	-12%	-45%	$60.31M	1,153	$56	48
Thu Oct 14	#—	$31K	-51%	-59%	$60.34M	1,153	$27	49
Fri Oct 15	#—	$152K	+384%	-28%	$60.50M	1,012	$150	50
Sat Oct 16	#—	$217K	+43%	-29%	$60.71M	1,012	$214	51
Sun Oct 17	#—	$72K	-67%	-62%	$60.79M	1,012	$71	52
Mon Oct 18	#—	$24K	-67%	-74%	$60.81M	1,012	$23	53
Tue Oct 19	#—	$26K	+8%	-65%	$60.84M	1,012	$25	54
Wed Oct 20	#—	$24K	-7%	-63%	$60.86M	1,012	$23	55
Thu Oct 21	#—	$18K	-25%	-43%	$60.88M	1,012	$17	56
Fri Oct 22	#—	$55K	+206%	-64%	$60.93M	786	$69	57
Sat Oct 23	#—	$81K	+47%	-63%	$61.01M	786	$102	58
Sun Oct 24	#—	$24K	-70%	-67%	$61.04M	786	$30	59
Mon Oct 25	#—	$9K	-63%	-63%	$61.05M	786	$11	60
Tue Oct 26	#—	$9K	-2%	-67%	$61.05M	786	$10	61
Wed Oct 27	#—	$8K	-5%	-66%	$61.06M	786	$10	62
Thu Oct 28	#—	$9K	+11%	-49%	$61.07M	786	$11	63
Fri Oct 29	#—	$22K	+147%	-59%	$61.09M	659	$34	64
Sat Oct 30	#—	$31K	+38%	-62%	$61.12M	659	$46	65
Sun Oct 31	#—	$18K	-42%	-26%	$61.14M	659	$27	66
Mon Nov 1	#—	$4K	-75%	-49%	$61.15M	659	$6	67
Tue Nov 2	#—	$4K	-8%	-52%	$61.15M	659	$6	68
Wed Nov 3	#—	$4K	-11%	-55%	$61.16M	659	$5	69
Thu Nov 4	#—	$3K	-18%	-66%	$61.16M	659	$4	70
Fri Nov 5	#—	$6K	+104%	-72%	$61.16M	123	$50	71
Sat Nov 6	#—	$11K	+80%	-64%	$61.18M	123	$90	72
Sun Nov 7	#—	$6K	-48%	-67%	$61.18M	123	$47	73
Mon Nov 8	#—	$2K	-70%	-61%	$61.18M	123	$14	74
Tue Nov 9	#—	$950	-45%	-77%	$61.18M	123	$7	75
Wed Nov 10	#—	$890	-6%	-76%	$61.19M	123	$7	76
Thu Nov 11	#—	$1K	+61%	-53%	$61.19M	123	$11	77

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Aug 27-29 (opening)	1	$22.00M	—	$22.00M	3,569	$6.2K	1
Sep 3-5	2	$10.30M	-53.2%	$38.81M	3,569	$2.9K	2
Sep 10-12	—	$4.76M	-53.8%	$47.96M	3,279	$1.5K	3
Sep 17-19	4	$3.52M	-26.0%	$53.19M	2,820	$1.2K	4
Sep 24-26	—	$2.56M	-27.4%	$56.89M	2,556	$1.0K	5
Oct 1-3	—	$1.27M	-50.5%	$58.94M	1,745	$726	6
Oct 8-10	—	$710K	-44.0%	$60.08M	1,153	$615	7
Oct 15-17	—	$442K	-37.8%	$60.79M	1,012	$436	8
Oct 22-24	—	$160K	-63.8%	$61.04M	786	$203	9
Oct 29-31	—	$71K	-55.3%	$61.14M	659	$108	10
Nov 5-7	—	$23K	-67.4%	$61.18M	123	$189	11

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byNia DaCosta

ScreenplayNia DaCosta, Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld

Produced byJordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, Ian Cooper

CinematographyJohn Guleserian

MusicRobert Aiki Aubrey Lowe

Prod. DesignCara Brower

StarringYahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo

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