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For as long as residents can remember, the housing projects of Chicago’s Cabrini-Green neighborhood were terrorized by a word-of-mouth ghost story about a supernatural killer with a hook for a hand, easily summoned by those daring to repeat his name five times into a mirror. In present day, a decade after the last of the Cabrini towers were torn down, visual artist Anthony McCoy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II; HBO’s Watchmen, Us) and his partner, gallery director Brianna Cartwright (Teyonah Parris; If Beale Street Could Talk, The Photograph), move into a luxury loft condo in Cabrini, now gentrified beyond recognition and inhabited by upwardly mobile millennials.
With Anthony’s painting career on the brink of stalling, a chance encounter with a Cabrini-Green old-timer (Colman Domingo; HBO’s Euphoria, Assassination Nation) exposes Anthony to the tragically horrific nature of the true story behind Candyman. Anxious to maintain his status in the Chicago art world, Anthony begins to explore these macabre details in his studio as fresh grist for paintings, unknowingly opening a door to a complex past that unravels his own sanity and unleashes a terrifying wave of violence that puts him on a collision course with destiny. Rated R
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Starring: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Vanessa Estelle Williams, Colman Domingo, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett
Directed By: Nia DaCosta | Written By: Nia DaCosta, Jordan Peele, Win Rosefield, Clive Barker, Bernard Rose
| Week | Weekend Grossing ($/Million) | Total Grossing ($/Million) | Weekend Of |
| 1 | $22,000,000 | $22,000,000 | 27 Aug to 29 Aug |
| 2 | $10,550,000 | $39,000,000 | 3 Sept to 5 Sept |
| 3 | $4,830,000 | $48,030,000 | 10 Sept to 12 Sept |
| 4 | $3,524,205 | $53,192,695 | 17 Sept to 19 Sept |
