Candyman director Nia DaCosta has made history by becoming the first black woman to have a film open at number one on the North American box office chart.
The director’s reimagining of the 1992 horror made $22m in its first weekend in US and Canadian cinemas.
That is almost as much as the film – co-written and produced by Get Out’s Jordan Peele – actually cost to make.
Based on a Clive Barker story, the film is named after a hook-handed killer who has spawned a fearsome urban legend.
