Carey Hayes

Best known as a Screenwriter based on credits in that role in 7 films, with $731,344,496 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #392)
Best-known technical roles: The Conjuring (Screenwriter), The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist (Screenwriter), The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist (Story Creator), The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (Character Creator), Annabelle (Co-Producer)
Most productive collaborators: James Wan, Chad Hayes, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Peter Safran
Born: April 21, 1961 (62 years old)
Also credited as: Carey W. Hayes
                                    

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Career Summary


  MoviesDomestic
Box Office
International
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
In Technical RolesScreenwriter7$290,744,776$440,599,720$731,344,496
Producer2$0$11,727,315$11,727,315
Story Creator1$102,470,008$207,726,324$310,196,332
Co-Producer1$84,273,813$172,583,714$256,857,527
Character Creator1$65,631,050$134,635,391$200,266,441

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2020 Preview: January

January 1st, 2020

Bad Boys for Life

It’s the year 2020, the year where we find out how many times you can say, “Well, hindsight is 20/20.” before you get punched. On the positive side, while December wasn’t a great month, it was good enough to help 2019 end on a positive note, a positive note that should continue into January. There are no real potential monster hits coming out this month, but there are three films that have a real shot at $100 million domestically. These are, in alphabetical order, 1917, which will rely on Awards Season to get to the century mark. Bad Boys for Life will have a much, much easier time getting to $100 million, assuming people still care about the franchise 17 years later. Finally, Dolittle is looking like a disaster with a really troubled production; however, a $100 million run isn’t out of the question and if it can get there, it will at least save face. As for last January, Glass was the biggest hit of the month in terms of raw dollars, but The Upside was more impressive, as it is one the biggest hits in STX Entertainment’s history. We need two of the three potential $100 million hits to reach that mark to keep pace with last year, but we also have one more weekend to get there. More...

2016 Preview: June

June 1st, 2016

Finding Dory

May was great, as long as you don't compare it to last May. Captain America: Civil War was a monster hit and is closing in on $400 million, while both X-Men: Apocalypse and The Angry Birds Movie will earn over $100 million. Looking ahead, every week in June, there is one movie that should top $100 million; however, only Finding Dory is expected to make more than $200 million. In fact, that film is expected to make close to $400 million domestically and over $1 billion worldwide. Last June, there were two monster hits, Inside Out and Jurassic World, plus one $100 million hit, Spy. I don't see how 2016 will top that. Even if every film with a shot at $100 million gets to that milestone, 2016 still might not top last year's pace. Fortunately, 2016 does have a large lead and that could be enough to keep 2016 ahead of 2015's pace in the year-over-year competition. It could be really close at the end of the month, on the other hand. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Wolverine Loses Power, But Still Dominates

July 29th, 2013

The Wolverine did not live up to expectations, but it still dominated the weekend box office chart, earning more than double the second place film, The Conjuring. Overall, the box office fell nearly 12% when compared to last weekend hitting $172 million. This is still 28% higher than the same weekend last year, which is a great result. In total, 2013 has pulled in $6.40 billion, which is just under $20 million or 0.3% below last year's pace. This is fantastic; however, had The Wolverine performed as well as some were expecting, 2013 would have pulled into the lead over the weekend. More...

2013 Preview: July

July 1st, 2013

For the most part, June was a really strong month at the box office with nearly every film either matching expectations, or at least coming close enough to call it a victory. Looking forward, there are a dozen films opening wide in July, more or less. One of them, The Smurfs 2, is opening on a Wednesday, so I'm going to hold off talking about that movie till the August preview. Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain is opening in less than 1000 theaters, but it has a shot at reaching the top ten during its opening weekend. If we include both of them, there are twelve films, but I think it is better to stick with the ten truly wide, truly July openings. Of these, Despicable Me 2 is clearly going to be the biggest hit at the box office. It could become the second biggest hit of the year so far. It is not the only film that could be a $100 million hit. In fact, there are six films opening in July that I think have a better than 50% chance of reaching that level. There is currently only one film that I think won't at least become a midlevel hit. By comparison in 2012, there were three $100 million movies, led by The Dark Knight Rises, but the rest of the new releases struggled. There's no chance any movie opening this month will top $400 million, in fact, it is quite possible no film will get to $300 million. That said, 2013 has a lot better depth, so it might come out on top in the end. More...

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Release
Date
TitleRoleDomestic
Box Office
International
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Jun 4, 2021The Conjuring: The Devil Ma… Character Creator $65,631,050$134,635,391$200,266,441
Jan 24, 2020The Turning Screenwriter $15,472,775$2,987,964$18,460,739
Dec 5, 2017The Crucifixion Screenwriter
Producer
$5,221,356$5,221,356
Dec 31, 2016Nevesta Producer
Screenwriter
$6,505,959$6,505,959
Jun 10, 2016The Conjuring 2: The Enfiel… Screenwriter
Story by
$102,470,008$207,726,324$310,196,332
Oct 3, 2014Annabelle Co-Producer $84,273,813$172,583,714$256,857,527
Jul 19, 2013The Conjuring Screenwriter $137,400,141$179,079,009$316,479,150
Sep 11, 2009Whiteout Screenwriter $10,275,638$1,979,108$12,254,746
Apr 5, 2007The Reaping Screenwriter $25,126,214$37,100,000$62,226,214
 
Averages $62,949,948$83,090,981$132,052,052
Totals 9 $440,649,639$747,818,825$1,188,468,464


Producer Credits


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Release
Date
TitleOpening
Weekend
Maximum
Theaters
Domestic
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Domestic
Share
Dec 5, 2017The Crucifixion $5,221,356
Dec 31, 2016Nevesta $6,505,959
 
Averages n/an/an/a$5,863,6580.0%
Totals 2 n/a$11,727,315


Writer Credits


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Release
Date
TitleOpening
Weekend
Maximum
Theaters
Domestic
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Domestic
Share
Jan 24, 2020The Turning $6,950,0452,571$15,472,775$18,460,73983.8%
Dec 5, 2017The Crucifixion $5,221,356
Dec 31, 2016Nevesta $6,505,959
Jun 10, 2016The Conjuring 2: The E… $40,406,3143,356$102,470,008$310,196,33233.0%
Jul 19, 2013The Conjuring $41,855,3263,115$137,400,141$316,479,15043.4%
Sep 11, 2009Whiteout $4,915,1042,745$10,275,638$12,254,74683.9%
Apr 5, 2007The Reaping $10,025,2032,603$25,126,214$62,226,21440.4%
 
Averages $20,830,3982,878$58,148,955$104,477,78556.9%
Totals 7 $290,744,776$731,344,496