The doll is perhaps best known for inspiring the Annabelle character that appeared in 2013’s The Conjuring and the spin-off trilogy Annabelle (2014), Annabelle: Creation (2017) and Annabelle ...

Everyone, evidently. “Annabelle: Creation,” a prequel to the events of “The Conjuring,” is a surprisingly effective horror film, which is to say it’s scary in all the smart ways.

This is one game of hide-and-seek that may just kill you. New Line released a teaser trailer for "Annabelle: Creation," the prequel/follow-up in the seriously scary "The Conjuring" universe. In ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The “Conjuring” spinoff “Annabelle: Creation” scared up an estimated $35 million in North American theaters over the weekend, making it easily the top film and giving the ...

And while Disney’s “Pete’s Dragon” faltered, Sony’s “Sausage Party” surprised with $34.3 million, or about the same as “Annabelle: Creation” this year.

With “Annabelle: Creation” dominating ticket sales, last weekend’s box office champ, “The Dark Tower,” will likely slide to fourth place with $7.6 million.

“Annabelle: Creation,” written and directed by men, is a female-centered horror film with a palpable feminist bent. Girls and women aren’t sexualized, or presented as objects on screen.

The doll was the inspiration for 2014's Annabelle, 2017's Annabelle: Creation and 2019's Annabelle Comes Home. It also makes appearances in a number of other films in the series.

By comparison, the last film in the “Annabelle” series, “Annabelle: Creation,” opened to $35 million over three days in August 2017.Also Read: 'Annabelle Comes Home' Film Review: Horror ...

(This is gradually less true as the sequels — 2017’s Annabelle: Creation and 2019’s Annabelle Comes Home — grow increasingly inane).