IT Has Scored The Biggest Opening Weekend For A Horror Movie Of All Time At The Domestic Box Office

IT Has Scored The Biggest Opening Weekend For A Horror Movie Of All Time At The Domestic Box Office

The final opening weekend box office tally for the new big-screen adaptation of Stephen King's IT puts the horror flick at a massive $123 million, which surpasses all initial estimates. Click on for more.

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By MarkCassidy - Sep 11, 2017 07:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Horror
The final opening weekend box office numbers for IT are in, and it's safe to say New Line and director Andres Muschietti have a monster hit on their hands.

Surpassing initial studio estimates of $117 million, the Stephen King adaptation has actually taken in a record-breaking $123M, beating Marvel and Sony's Spider-Man: Homecoming. IT now claims the third largest opening weekend of 2017 behind Beauty and the Beast and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2., and the biggest weekend for a horror movie of all time domestically.

Expect to see the major studios make a lot of new horror film announcements over the next few months.

Tell us, have you been to see IT yet? If so, what did you think? You can check out our review HERE.





About IT:

Seven young outcasts in Derry, Maine, are about to face their worst nightmare -- an ancient, shape-shifting evil that emerges from the sewer every 27 years to prey on the town's children. Banding together over the course of one horrifying summer, the friends must overcome their own personal fears to battle the murderous, bloodthirsty clown known as Pennywise.
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Deonox
Deonox - 9/11/2017, 7:55 AM
Congratulations It, this movie deserves it
KWilly
KWilly - 9/11/2017, 7:57 AM
@Deonox - "deserves IT"
TeddiRxpn01
TeddiRxpn01 - 9/11/2017, 7:56 AM
Yes!!! Well deserved
ODanil
ODanil - 9/11/2017, 7:56 AM
And yet I'm still not going to watch it because *scared shitless"
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 9/11/2017, 8:01 AM
@ODanil - It's really not that scary overall. It becomes a coming of age adventure story rather than an out-and-out horror.
ODanil
ODanil - 9/11/2017, 8:54 AM
@RorMachine - oh man, don't say that, I'm gonna think it's ok to watch it and THEN get scared shitless;
Kman
Kman - 9/11/2017, 9:17 AM
@ODanil - Don't get Ror wrong either... it has some truly disturbing and chilling moments. And has plenty of jump scares that your used to from standard horror movies. But it doesn't need to lean on the clown and the scares to make it a good, well made film. It leans on the cast, and they shine. Just like Stephen King intended when he wrote the book.
noahthegrand
noahthegrand - 9/11/2017, 7:57 AM
The headless corpse and the woman in the painting were both creepy
CurlyBill
CurlyBill - 9/11/2017, 8:01 AM
@noahthegrand - I liked how It relied on more creepiness than jump scars. My favorite scene is after Gorgie gets his arm bit off and the camera cuts to where you can see Pennywises hand slowly coming out of the gutter to grab Gorgie. Such a creepy shot.
noahthegrand
noahthegrand - 9/11/2017, 8:22 AM
@CurlyBill - How many bills are on this site?
CurlyBill
CurlyBill - 9/11/2017, 7:57 AM
That's great! I saw it on Friday and thought it was excellent. Bill Skarsgard did an excellent job of doing his own interpretation of pennywise without stepping on Tim Currys toes. Now that this is killing it at the box office, I hope they do an adaption of the first King book I ever read and one of the best vampire books, Salems Lot.
TomSolo
TomSolo - 9/11/2017, 8:41 AM
@CurlyBill - I just finished reading Salem's Lot. I enjoyed it. I was a bit confused why he chose to go so heavy on making some of the historical vampire lore real, while ignoring other lore. Other than that, it was a good read.

Now, I doubt it would be easily made into a movie that would rival the book. Most of his movies fall very short of that. I think it's because King is such a descriptive writer... you always have a very good idea of what is going on inside each character's head and why at each moment, that I think it is hard to put that on film.
CurlyBill
CurlyBill - 9/11/2017, 8:50 AM
@TomSolo - I have never seen any of the adaptions of Salmes Lot, ive never really heard positive things about them. That's a great point about King and i think your right, that is why alOt of his adaptions don't do so well abd why most of his books are over 400 pgs. I think IT does a good job of triming the fat from the novel and adding to it. I think if someone did that to Salmes Lot it would be a great movie.
Kman
Kman - 9/11/2017, 9:20 AM
@CurlyBill - So much yes to Salems Lot... and I think anybody who is a fan of the actual book Stephen King wrote (and how in depth and detailed it was) will have a great appreciation for this movie. IT was really good.
PapaLazarou
PapaLazarou - 9/11/2017, 1:12 PM
@TomSolo - i feel like theres plenty. Green mile, shawshank, the mist, stand by me, carrie, the shining, misery, 1408 and now IT
TomSolo
TomSolo - 9/11/2017, 6:02 PM
@PapaLazarou - You are correct. But I guess I feel like the bad outweigh the good, and are often really really bad. Thinner, Dreamcather, The Stand, Carrie, Christine, The Raft, the first IT (the ending completely ruined it for me), Maximum Overdrive...

I guess when I read King's books and short stories, I am totally immersed. The images in my head are so complete due to his ability to describe the setting, environment, mood and such. I don't get that with films based on his work, and that is mostly due to the limitations of movies. Some movies are great movies, but pale in comparison to reading the novel.
gulducati
gulducati - 9/11/2017, 7:58 AM
That's great news. Maybe more character-rich horror movies will be made now. Netflix has no shortage of horror, but it's 99% crap.
BraveNewClunge
BraveNewClunge - 9/11/2017, 7:58 AM
Need to see this like...
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