Five Nights at Freddy's (film)

Five Nights at Freddy's
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEmma Tammi
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Scott Cawthon
  • Chris Lee Hill
  • Tyler MacIntyre
Based onFive Nights at Freddy's
by Scott Cawthon
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyLyn Moncrief
Edited by
  • Andrew Wesman
  • William Paley
Music byThe Newton Brothers
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • October 25, 2023 (2023-10-25) (United Kingdom)
  • October 27, 2023 (2023-10-27) (United States)
Running time
109 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20 million[3]
Box office$297.1 million[4][5]

Five Nights at Freddy's is a 2023 American supernatural horror film based on the video game series of the same name created by Scott Cawthon. Directed by Emma Tammi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Cawthon and Seth Cuddeback from a story by Cawthon, Chris Lee Hill, and Tyler MacIntyre, the film stars Josh Hutcherson as a troubled security guard who starts a job at an abandoned pizzeria where he discovers its animatronic mascots are possessed by the souls of murdered children. Elizabeth Lail, Piper Rubio, Mary Stuart Masterson and Matthew Lillard star in supporting roles.

Development of a Five Nights at Freddy's film adaptation began in April 2015 under Warner Bros. Pictures. Roy Lee, Seth Grahame-Smith, and David Katzenberg were set to produce it, with Gil Kenan announced as director and co-writer. After multiple production delays, Kenan resigned from the project and further development on the film was transferred from Warner Bros. to Jason Blum's Blumhouse Productions. Chris Columbus was hired to direct and co-write the film in February 2018, ultimately leaving the project and being replaced by Tammi in October 2022. It was filmed from February to April 2023 in New Orleans and surrounding communities on a budget of $20 million.

Five Nights at Freddy's was simultaneously released for streaming on Peacock and theatrically in the United States on October 27, 2023, by Universal Pictures. Despite receiving generally negative reviews from critics, the film was a commercial success, grossing $297.1 million and becoming Blumhouse's highest-grossing film worldwide, surpassing Split (2016). A sequel, Five Nights at Freddy's 2, is scheduled to be released on December 5, 2025.[6][7][8]

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  6. ^ Grobar, Matt (May 16, 2024). "Universal Dates 'Five Nights At Freddy's 2,' 'Woman In The Yard' & 'Drop'; 'The Black Phone', 'M3GAN' Sequels Pushed". Deadline. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
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