<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $257 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Annabelle is a 2014 American supernatural horror film directed by John R. Leonetti, written by Gary Dauberman and produced by Peter Safran and James Wan . It is a prequel to 2013's The Conjuring and the second installment in The Conjuring series . The film was inspired by a story of a doll named Annabelle told by Ed and Lorraine Warren . The film stars Annabelle Wallis, Ward Horton, and Alfre Woodard . </P> <P> Annabelle premiered at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on September 29, 2014, and was theatrically released in the United States on October 3, 2014 . The film received generally negative reviews from critics but was a box office success, grossing over $257 million against its $6.5 million production budget . A prequel, titled Annabelle: Creation, was released on August 11, 2017 . </P> <P> In 1967 in Santa Monica, John Form, a doctor, presents his expectant wife Mia with a rare vintage porcelain doll as a gift for their first child to be placed in a collection of dolls in their daughter's nursery . </P>

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