Five Nights at Freddy's (film series)

Five Nights at Freddy's is a horror multimedia franchise, consisting mainly of a series of focused movies based on the video game saga of the same name, created by Scott Cawthon. Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and produced by Blumhouse Productions, the franchise began with the 2018 feature film Five Nights at Freddy's and continued as a trilogy of a sequel and prequel Five Nights at Freddy's II in 2020 and Five Nights at Freddy's III in 2022. The franchise has also expanded into television series and shorts, as well as accompanying video games, which are an all-encompassing fictional universe separate from the original story.

The franchise began production in 2015, when Warner Bros. Pictures announced in April that it had acquired the film rights to the series, with Roy Lee, David Katzenberg and Seth Grahame-Smith scheduled to produce.

The first adaptation, Five Nights at Freddy's, premiered in September 1, 2018, succeeding in grossing $ 544.1 million internationally, making it the third-highest grossing horror film in history. Five Nights at Freddy's II, premiered in October 1, 2020 grossed $ 565.6 million worldwide. The last film in the trilogy, which serves as a prequel, Five Nights at Freddy's III, premiered in October 10, 2022, and managed to gross 591.8 million internationally, being the highest in the franchise. Warner Animation Group produced an animated series released in HBO Max, Five Nights at Freddy's: Series, on September 7, 2019.

All three eliculas 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.