The Curse of La Llorona has develop into a worldwide hit on Netflix. Directed by Michael Chaves in his function debut, the 2019 horror movie is impressed by the Latin American legend of La Llorona and follows a mom in 1973 Los Angeles struggling to guard her kids from a sinister spirit intent on taking them.
The forged consists of MCU star and three-time Emmy nominee Linda Cardellini (Mad Males, Lifeless to Me), Roman Christou, Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen, Breaking Dangerous‘s Raymond Cruz, Marisol Ramirez, Patricia Velásquez, Sean Patrick Thomas, Tony Amendola, Irene Keng, Oliver Alexander, Aiden Lewandowski, Paul Rodriguez, John Marshall Jones, Ricardo Mamood-Vega, and Jaydan Valdivia.
Now, six years after its launch, The Curse of La Llorona ranks ninth on Netflix‘s World High 10 films for the week of September 22–28 with 3.2 million views and 4.9 million hours considered. It ranks under KPop Demon Hunters, Ruth & Boaz, The Improper Paris, Man on Fireplace, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Seventh Son, San Andreas, 28 Years Later, and above aka Charlie Sheen: Season 1.
The movie completed as a High 10 film in 17 nations this week, largely confined to Latin America. Although The Curse of La Llorona is not out there on Netflix in the USA, it’s streaming on HBO Max and Cinemax.
What The Curse Of La Llorona’s Netflix Success Means For The Film
The Curse of La Llorona was initially believed to be an installment in The Conjuring Universe, and due to that, it was a giant field workplace success, making over $123 million worldwide in opposition to its small $9 million funds. That is regardless of The Curse of La Llorona‘s evaluations criticizing the movie for relying too closely on soar scares, leading to a horrible 26% Rotten Tomatoes rating.
Regardless of being initially billed as such, director Michael Chaves has repeatedly acknowledged that The Curse of La Llorona isn’t an official installment in The Conjuring Universe. Nevertheless, it does happen within the cinematic universe, as Father Perez (performed by Tony Amendola), final seen in Annabelle (2014), makes an look, mentioning his previous encounter with the demonic power tied to the doll.
Our Take On The Curse Of La Llorona’s Netflix Success
The Curse of La Llorona‘s look in Netflix’s World High 10 films comes at an fascinating time, as The Conjuring: Final Rites, additionally directed by Michael Chaves, is wrapping up its field workplace run and is ready for launch on VOD on October 7.
Since Final Rites is purportedly Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson’s remaining outing because the Warrens, it is cheap that audiences are revisiting The Curse of La Llorona on Netflix, an earlier, lesser-known installment within the franchise.

- Launch Date
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April 19, 2019
- Runtime
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94 Minutes
- Director
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Michael Chaves
- Writers
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Tobias Iaconis, Mikki Daughtry