“The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It” is the new film in this horror franchise and a sequel to “The Conjuring 2”.
Let’s find out some trivia and facts about the film.
- The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It is a 2021 American supernatural horror film
- The film is directed by Michael Chaves
- With a screenplay by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick
- From a story by Johnson-McGoldrick and James Wan
- The film serves as a sequel to The Conjuring (2013) and The Conjuring 2 (2016)
- It is the eighth installment in the Conjuring Universe
- Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga reprise their roles as paranormal investigators and authors Ed and Lorraine Warren
- With Ruairi O’Connor, Sarah Catherine Hook, and Julian Hilliard also starring
- Wan and Peter Safran return to produce the film
- The new film is based on the trial of Arne Cheyenne Johnson, a murder trial that took place in 1981 Connecticut
- Initial development for a third Conjuring film began in 2016
- Though Wan stated that he would not be directing another film in the series due to scheduling conflicts with other projects
- Safran confirmed that the next film would not be a haunted house film
- By June 2017, it was officially announced that a third installment was in development, with David Leslie Johnson hired to write the screenplay
- Michael Chaves was announced as the film’s director
- He has previously directed The Curse of La Llorona (2019)
- Filming took place in Georgia in summer 2019
- Originally slated for a September 2020 release
- The film was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
- The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema in the United States on June 4, 2021
- It also has a simultaneous month-long release on the HBO Max streaming service
- The film received mixed reviews from critics
- Critics praised the performances of Wilson and Farmiga
- They noted it as weaker than previous Conjuring installments
- In October 2018, it was announced that The Conjuring 3 would not be directed by Wan, but instead would be directed by The Curse of La Llorona director Michael Chaves
- Wan stated that he was impressed while working with him on The Curse of La Llorona
- In December 2018, Wan confirmed the film’s plot details
- Wan spoke with Bloody Disgusting, saying, “I think it’s the first time in America’s history where the defendant used possessions as a reason, as an excuse”
- In October 2019, Joseph Bishara was confirmed to be returning to score this third Conjuring film
- Joseph Bishara composed the scores for The Conjuring, Annabelle, The Conjuring 2, The Curse of La Llorona and Annabelle Comes Home
- In December 2019, the film’s official title, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, was revealed
- In August 2019, actress Megan Ashley Brown announced that she and Mitchell Hoog will portray young Lorraine and Ed Warren respectively
- In December 2019, Sterling Jerins, Julian Hilliard, Sarah Catherine Hook and Ruairi O’Connor were all confirmed as part of the film’s cast by director Chaves
- The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It entered production on June 3, 2019, with filming taking place in Atlanta, Georgia
- On August 15, 2019, Farmiga announced that she had finished filming her scenes for the film
- As of June 4, 2021, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It has grossed $9.8 million in the United States and Canada
- It has also made $4 million in other territories
- For a worldwide total of $13.9 million
- In the United States, the film was released alongside Spirit Untamed
- It was projected to gross between $15 and 20 million from 3,100 theaters in its opening weekend
- The film made $9.8 million on its first day, increasing estimates to $25 to 27 million
- On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes it holds a score of 60%
- Based on 161 critic reviews
- With an average rating of 5.9/10
- The website’s critics consensus reads: “The Devil Made Me Do It represents a comedown for the core Conjuring films, although Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson keep the audience invested”
- On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 53 out of 100
- Based on 35 critics
- Indicating “mixed or average reviews”
- Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “B+” on an A+ to F scale
- While PostTrak reported 78% of audience members gave it a positive score, with 58% saying they would definitely recommend it
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