| Annabelle Comes Home | |
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| Directed by | Gary Dauberman |
| Screenplay by | Gary Dauberman |
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| Cinematography | Michael Burgess |
| Edited by | Kirk M. Morri |
| Music by | Joseph Bishara |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 106 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $27–32 million[2] |
| Box office | $231.3 million[3] |
Annabelle Comes Home is a 2019 Americansupernatural horror film written and directed byGary Dauberman, in his directorial debut, from a story by Dauberman andJames Wan, who also served as producer withPeter Safran. It serves as a sequel to 2014'sAnnabelle and 2017'sAnnabelle: Creation, and as the sixth installment inThe Conjuring Universe franchise. The film starsMckenna Grace,Madison Iseman, andKatie Sarife, along withVera Farmiga andPatrick Wilson, who reprise their roles asEd and Lorraine Warren.
In early April 2018,Warner Bros. Pictures announced that a then-untitled film inThe Conjuring Universe franchise would be released on July 3, 2019. Later that month, it was announced that the film would be another installment in the Annabelle series, with Dauberman signed on to write and direct the film in his directorial debut, based on a story treatment written by Dauberman and Wan.Principal photography had begun by mid-October and was finished in December 2018 in Los Angeles.
Annabelle Comes Home was theatrically released in the United States on June 26, 2019, by Warner Bros. Pictures andNew Line Cinema. It grossed $231.3 million worldwide and received mixed reviews from critics.
DemonologistsEd and Lorraine Warren confiscate the demonicAnnabelle doll from nurses Debbie and Camilla. During the drive back home, the doll summons spirits to attack Ed. Annabelle is locked in a sacred glass case in the couple's artifacts room to ensure the evil is contained, with the help of Father Gordon.
One year later, the Warrens welcome Mary Ellen who will be in charge of babysitting their daughter Judy, while they travel overnight to investigate a case. At school, Judy notices a ghostly priest following her. Judy's birthday is coming soon and she tries to invite her classmates who reject the invitation as they consider Judy to be a freak due to her parents' work. Mary Ellen decides to have an early celebration of Judy's birthday. Her friend Daniela arrives uninvited to the Warrens' home. The real reason she came is to try and speak to her deceased father's spirit to apologize to him for an accident that killed him, for which Daniela blames herself. She sneaks into the artifacts room and inadvertently releases the spirit of Annabelle "Bee" Mullins. Annabelle releases other spirits such asthe Ferryman, the Bride, aFeeley Meeley board game, and theBlack Shuck, who start wreaking havoc around the house.
Mary Ellen's crush Bob Palmeri arrives and is attacked by the Black Shuck. Judy and Mary Ellen are confronted by other spirits. Daniela sneaks back into the house to return the artifacts room's keys. She gets locked inside and is tormented by the haunted objects. Upstairs, Mary Ellen is tormented by the Ferryman, whose last victim has a striking resemblance to Mary Ellen. She escapes and runs to Judy's room, where the young girl is possessed by the Annabelle doll and the demon. The girls try to reach Lorraine but are unable to get through. They end up going into the artefact room and encounter Daniela and rescue her. Judy explains that they must lock Annabelle back in her case so that the other spirits can rest. Bob protects Judy from the Black Shuck while she retrieves Mary Ellen's asthma inhaler, and Daniela is possessed by the Bride. Mary Ellen and Judy find the doll when the ghostly priest, acting as Judy's guardian, guides them to the Ferryman. They retrieve the key to the case but struggle when the Feeley Meeley board game and the demon of the doll attack them. Daniela recovers when Judy plays Ed's recorded footage of the Bride's exorcism. After the doll is placed back in the case and locked, the disturbances cease.
Ed and Lorraine return the next morning. At Judy's birthday party, Daniela apologizes to Lorraine who gives her a comforting message from her father.
In early April 2018, Warner Bros. announced that a then-untitled film in the Conjuring Universe franchise would be released on July 3, 2019. Later that month, it was announced that the film would be another installment in theAnnabelle series, with Gary Dauberman signed on to write and direct the film in his directorial debut, based on a story treatment written by Dauberman and James Wan.[4] Wan and Peter Safran co-produced the project.[5] During the 2018San Diego Comic-Con, Wan and Safran revealed the film's events would take place afterAnnabelle and would focus on the doll after she had been placed in a glass case in the Warrens' museum.[6] Dauberman later confirmed this, stating that the film would take place shortly after the beginning ofThe Conjuring where the titular character is introduced but also before many of the events of the first installment.[7]
In September 2018,Mckenna Grace was cast in the film as Judy Warren, the Warrens' 10-year-old daughter (replacingSterling Jerins, who played Judy Warren inThe Conjuring andThe Conjuring 2), andMadison Iseman as one of Judy's teenage babysitters.[8] By October,Katie Sarife had joined the cast. That same month, it was announcedPatrick Wilson andVera Farmiga would reprise their roles as Ed and Lorraine Warren.[4]
Principal photography had begun by mid-October inLos Angeles,[9][4] with Michael Burgess serving as cinematographer.[10] On December 7, Wilson announced that he had finished filming his scenes. A week later, filming officially concluded.[11][12] In February 2019,Joseph Bishara—who composed the scores forThe Conjuring,Annabelle,The Conjuring 2, andThe Curse of La Llorona—was revealed to be scoringAnnabelle Comes Home.[13] On March 30, 2019, Kirk M. Morri was announced as the film's editor.[14]
Annabelle Comes Home was theatrically released in the United States on June 26, 2019, byWarner Bros. Pictures andNew Line Cinema.[15] It was originally scheduled for release on July 3, 2019, but was later moved up to June 28 and then to June 26.[4][15] The studio spent a total of $77 million promoting the film.[16] The film is dedicated to Lorraine Warren, who died on April 18, 2019.[17]Annabelle Comes Home was released onDigital HD on September 17, 2019, and onBlu-ray andDVD on October 8, 2019.[18] It was released in a May 2022 Blu-ray collection with the otherThe Conjuring Universe movies.[19]
Annabelle Comes Home grossed $74.2 million in the United States and Canada, and $157.1 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $231.3 million.[3]Deadline Hollywood calculated the net profit of the film to be $64 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues.[16]
In the United States and Canada, the film was projected to gross $30–35 million from 3,587 theaters over its first five days.[20] It made $7.2 million on its first day, a Wednesday, including $3.5 million from Tuesday night previews, the third-best total of anyConjuring installment.[21] It then made $3.6 million on its second day of release for a two-day total of $10.8 million. It went on to debut to $20.3 million (a five-day total of $31.2 million), finishing second at the box office, behind holdoverToy Story 4, and marking the lowest start of anyConjuring film.[2] In its second weekend, the film dropped 52% and grossed $9.8 million, finishing in fifth.[22]
On thereview aggregator websiteRotten Tomatoes, 64% of 211 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.8/10. The website's consensus reads: "Fun for fans even if it isn't as frightening as some of its predecessors,Annabelle Comes Home suggests there's still some life left in theConjuring franchise."[23]Metacritic, which uses aweighted average, assigned the film a score of 53 out of 100, based on 35 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[24] Audiences polled byCinemaScore gave the film an average grade of B− on an A+ to F scale, while those atPostTrak gave it an average 2.5 out of 5 stars, and a 42% "definite recommend".[21]
Two crew members were nominated for their work on the film. Leah Butler was nominated in theBest Costume Design category at the 2019 Fright Meter Awards.[25] Gary Dauberman was nominated asLegion M Breakthrough Director at the2019 Saturn Awards.[26]
Prior to the release of the film in June 2019, Dauberman commented on the possibility of another film in theAnnabelle series: "I didn't look at this process ... going, 'What other stuff can we absolutely spin-off into other movies?' [It's about] what works for this movie, and then if people seem to dig it, then we'll go from there."[27] Safran also commented on the possibility, stating that they will continue to develop and create films "as long as [they] keep having original stories to tell. The moment that you start repeating yourself and really diluting the good will that exists out there, then it's the beginning of the end."[27]
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