Five Nights at Freddy's (film series)

Five Nights at Freddy's is a film series based on the homonymous video games of the same name created by Scott Cawthon. The series is distributed by Warner Bros. and consists of 4 horror films, beginning with Five Nights at Freddy's (2020), followed by Five Nights at Freddy's II (2022) and culminating the original trilogy with Five Nights at Freddy's III (2024). A spin-off series consisting of another three films began with Sister Location (2023).

The franchise began production in 2015, when Warner Bros. Pictures announced in April that it had acquired the film rights to the series. The series was produced by Roy Lee, David Katzenberg and Seth Grahame-Smith. Four directors worked on the series, while the scripts for the films were written by Gil Kenan.

The first adaptation, premiered in September 1, 2018, succeeding in grossing $ 544.1 million internationally, making it the third-highest grossing horror film in history. The sequel, premiered in October 1, 2020 grossed $ 565.6 million worldwide. The last film in the trilogy, premiered in October 10, 2022, and managed to gross 591.8 million internationally, being the highest in the franchise.

All three films were nominated at the Academy Awards, and two of them were victorious. The films' combined box office revenue is equal to more than $ 1.7 billion, making it the second highest grossing film franchise of all time.