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IT Sets Box Office Record - Highest Previews for R-Rated film (heading for $100m OW)

Buckle

Member
Curious to see if they'll end up trying to turn It into a franchise that extends beyond the second part.

Or at the very least

Do a thing at the end where its unclear whether Pennywise is actually gone or not
 
Curious to see if they'll end up trying to turn It into a franchise that extends beyond the second part.

Or at the very least

Do a thing at the end where its unclear whether Pennywise is actually gone or not

The history of Derry could make a great miniseries to air on something like HBO, the book has enough material to support it.

I wonder if the success of IT will lead to the Stand finally being brought out of development hell.

It VI: Pennywise in space.

Stephen King's New IT. It's when Pennywise leaps out of the pages and into real life.
 
Curious to see if they'll end up trying to turn It into a franchise that extends beyond the second part.

Or at the very least

Do a thing at the end where its unclear whether Pennywise is actually gone or not

I could see them doing another mini series down the road a few years after the film series is over.

If Carrie and the Mist of all things are getting remakes, I could easily see IT being brought back again.
 
Theres a reason IT is being huge.

The movie is good but also theatres need a big win after all their stocks plummeted post summer.
 
Nah, that's not on you. BOM classifies that film as horror (Horror: Supernatural, specifically). I guess it's got ghosts in it, so that's why they're counting it?

Nothing about that film says "horror" to me though.

It definitely tries to scare the audience... ergo horror!

IT doing bank is fantastic. Horror needed a beautifully shot R rated major hit (screw all the found footage movies) as another shot in the arm to keep things nice and healthy in the genre.

So nice to see the R rating make it's comeback over the last year or two.
 

Azelover

Titanic was called the Ship of Dreams, and it was. It really was.
Records are getting broken all the time these days. I'm already extremely bored with it, no achievement has meaning anymore.
 

Jakeh111

Member
Thank God the previews looked good enough for me and that's a hard feat because I really don't find horror movies that interesting and now it's getting great press.
 

SargerusBR

I love Pokken!
Records are getting broken all the time these days. I'm already extremely bored with it, no achievement has meaning anymore.
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Dishwalla

Banned
Went to see Logan Lucky and the theater was packed with people seeing/trying to see this, many people were forced to get other showtimes than what they wanted due to sellouts. Didn't know this movie was gonna be that popular.
 

Cranster

Banned
Went to see Logan Lucky and the theater was packed with people seeing/trying to see this, many people were forced to get other showtimes than what they wanted due to sellouts. Didn't know this movie was gonna be that popular.
I saw teenagers with no ID being turned away because of the rating restriction, lol.
 

Caode

Member
Rth suggesting an opening day in the $48 million - $49 million range.

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I thought I was being optimistic with a mid-80's weekend prediction.

edit: clarifying that is opening day, just in case it confuses anyone.
 
Went to see Logan Lucky and the theater was packed with people seeing/trying to see this, many people were forced to get other showtimes than what they wanted due to sellouts. Didn't know this movie was gonna be that popular.

It was so rowdy in our that several people were "thrown" out, and the staff had to stand in the aisles the whole movie. That's not really normal from my experience, but thanks to Movie Pass my cheap ass can see nighttime movies now, so maybe that's normal at night.
 

kswiston

Member
Rth suggesting an opening in the $48 million - $49 million range.

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I thought I was being optimistic with a mid-80's weekend prediction.

If IT hits $48.5M today, it will break the September opening weekend record in its first day.

EDIT: Bobby sees it
 
I just got back from a showing with my wife. This movie deserves every penny. Judging from the reaction of our audience, the word of mouth is going to be terrific.
 

carlsojo

Member
Curious to see if they'll end up trying to turn It into a franchise that extends beyond the second part.

Or at the very least

Do a thing at the end where its unclear whether Pennywise is actually gone or not

In another Stephen King book Dreamcatcher
there is graffiti on a statue that says PENNYWISE LIVES!
Probably an easter egg, but...
 

Caode

Member
I'm seeing posts on social media from people who have seen the film multiple times already - a good few of them who aren't generally horror fans. It'll be interesting to get some sort of a gauge on repeat business for this, word of mouth so far is just through the roof from horror fans and non-horror fans alike. Really feels like an event film.

Even more amazing is how they managed to get tickets for another showing, this thing just keeps selling out every new showing that's put on in the cinemas around here. I haven't seen business like this here since The Force Awakens.
 

Surfinn

Member
I'm seeing posts on social media from people who have seen the film multiple times already - a good few of them who aren't generally horror fans. It'll be interesting to get some sort of a gauge on repeat business for this, word of mouth so far is just through the roof from horror fans and non-horror fans alike. Really feels like an event film.

Even more amazing is how they managed to get tickets for another showing, this thing just keeps selling out every new showing that's put on in the cinemas around here. I haven't seen business like this here since The Force Awakens.

Now THIS is exciting
 
This movie is going to have legs. Not just because the multiplex is a wasteland right now, but because people (mostly kids) legitimately wanna hang out with these kids some more.
 

kswiston

Member
Speaking of legs, one of the oldest box office records out there will finally fall later this month. Crocodile Dundee has held the title of top domestic gross for a September release for close to 31 years (at about $175M).
 
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