Overview

• Critics and early viewers largely praise the film as an emotional, scary farewell for Ed and Lorraine Warren, with some mixed notes on intensity and familiarity.
• Industry trackers now project a higher domestic debut, with Box Office Theory lifting estimates to roughly $45–$50 million, while other forecasts remain near $32–$39 million for the Sept. 5 opening.
• James Wan frames this chapter as the deliberate end of the main Warrens saga to preserve the series’ momentum, described by New Line as closing the franchise’s first phase.
• Director Michael Chaves says the story draws from the real Smurl family haunting and involved collaboration with the Smurl sisters, and he confirms the use of a real Warren-linked antique mirror from another case.
• Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga return for their final outing as the Warrens, joined by Mia Tomlinson as their grown-up daughter Judy and Ben Hardy as Tony Spera.