Five Nights at Freddy's (2012 film)

Five Nights at Freddy's (stylized as five•nights•at•FREDDY's in the opening titles) is a 2012 slasher horror film directed by Calvin Columbus and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It first premiered in theaters on June 8, 2012, and received generally postive reviews from critics, praising the animatronics and the animation for them, as well as the cast and the opening and closing titles, with the film having $9.7 billion at the box office. Due to the box office success of Five Nights at Freddy's, six theatrical releases followed, including Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2012), Five Nights at Freddy's 3 (2013), Five Nights at Freddy's 4 (2013), Five Nights at Freddy's 5: Sister Location (2014), Five Nights at Freddy's 6: Security Breach (2014) and Five Nights at Freddy's: House of Freddy (2021).

Act I: William and Tiffany
In Los Angeles, California in fall 1980, 28-year-old William Afton is in his apartment with a 32-year-old friend named Tiffany. The two plan to fall in love and get married after watching a news report about a family pizzeria called Freddy Fazbear's Pizza hiring for a nightwatcher. William calls for hiring as a five-day worker. He then plans to retire after his final day.

Within the next couple months, William and Tiffany give birth to three children: Lynn, Daniel and Michael. The day after, William is officially hired as a temporary nightwatcher of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza.

Act II: First Day on the Job
Three years later in fall 1983, William (now 31), Tiffany (now 35) and their three children are living safely in their apartment. Things have changed: William has not started his job in three years, and Tiffany requests another child to be born. The next couple of days pass, as William is terminated from his job for sixteen hours.

Even though William never started his job, it is returned sixteen hours later. From there, he has to safely control four animatronics that inhabit Freddy Fazbear's Pizza: Freddy Fazbear, the mascot and the "microphone bear", Bonnie, a rabbit who wields a guitar, Chica, a chicken who holds a cupcake friend named "Mr. Cupcake" and Foxy, a fox who usually sits in a corner of the restaurant named "Pirate Cove". On William's first day, Tiffany is mysteriously found dead by Bonnie and the children are caged by Freddy. However, William completes the night and promises to return. Soon after, William uncages Lynn, Daniel and Michael.

Act III: The Next Nights
The following nights, William is heard of by the upcoming funeral of Tiffany, Chica and Foxy are seen to have been killing 24 local people, Tiffany's child is mysteriously delivered and William's shift happily ends. William names the new child Kaleb and the funeral for Tiffany is held.

Act IV: A New Mother
After the unexpected death of Tiffany, William finds a new mother to replace her. The mother, Sally (age 29) and William marry and have five additional children: Ollie, Harvey, Nicky, Hayley and Spencer, making Kaleb, Lynn, Daniel and Michael be a part of the family.

In a post-credit scene, the animatronics are seen to have been withered, with the scene fading out early.