'Candyman’ Is The First Film Directed By A Black Woman To Debut Atop The U.S. Box Office
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essence.comCandyman, as the film debuted atop the box office this past weekend.The remake of the 1992 cult classic opened with an estimated gross of $22,370,000, exceeding its original projection of about $15M by nearly 50 percent.
The take, surpassing that of the next three top-grossing films for the week combined (Free Guy, Paw Patrol: The Movie, Disney’s Jungle Cruise, Don’t Breathe 2 and The Suicide Squad) makes DaCosta the first Black female director to debut a movie at No.
1 at the domestic box office.A record previously held by Ava DuVernay and her film A Wrinkle In Time, which debuted in the No.
2 spot in March of 2018, Candyman also marks the second-highest-grossing three-day weekend opening for a Black female director.
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