PhoncipleBone
Banned
Even cooler, IT was released in hardcover 11 days before Crocodile Dundee hit theaters back in 1986.
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IT Sets Box Office Record - Highest Previews for R-Rated film (heading for $100m OW)
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Even cooler, IT was released in hardcover 11 days before Crocodile Dundee hit theaters back in 1986.
Conor_Fool
Banned
Haven't watched it myself yet but my mother has since my little brother insisted that he wanted to see it. She expressed time and time again that she can't stand horror movies at all but she really enjoyed this one. She told me that the entire audience cheered when it was over.
My excitement for the movie shot through the roof. I really can't wait to see it later in the week.
My excitement for the movie shot through the roof. I really can't wait to see it later in the week.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
just saw tonight, I'm almost glad they made it into two parts even though I would have loved to have seen the rest of it right now.
I definitely felt more scared in the original but I'm glad it's doing well
I definitely felt more scared in the original but I'm glad it's doing well
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
Saucycarpdog
Member
I expect great legs for this movie. There's no competition for this movie until two weeks from now with the Kingsman sequel. Even then I don't expect it to overshadow IT.
Blade runner might do that two weeks later though.
Blade runner might do that two weeks later though.
Wow
They're being a bit conservative with that $101M weekend estimate right?
yes
MPAA and Studios never took risks for a long time and now after what happend with Deadpool we do see more R Rated movies, as it should.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
The Friday without previews is $36.1M, so $101M would require Saturday business to fall from that and then drop 50% or more on Sunday. Even with the hurricane that seems unlikely.
I'm thinking more like $110M off this Friday number.
I just said basically the same thing in the wkd bo thread.
And $110M could be on the low side depending on how WOM builds. a 5% increase over Friday proper, and a 40% drop on Sunday, gives you $110M.
You're forgetting about football. Sunday drop might be in 60s.
AHA-Lambda
Member
Nope not checked out the book or original film.
Just saw that it was another horror Hollywood remake and assumed it wouldn't do too well tbh
This really is an insult. It's not a "remake" as the mini-series was made for TV rush-job, and other then Tim Curry was pretty bad. This is the first feature film adaptation for the book-and a quality Stephen King property given respect and love like Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile.
RuinerPrime
Member
yes! now start casting for Chapter 2 plz!
Hesemonni
Banned
Mads Mikkelsen for every role!
CaviarMeths
Member
Welp, there goes my $78m prediction lol.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Wonder if It has the same pull internationally.
I have been thinking. They are going to spin-off this IP until it stops making money. So we could go way back and way into the future.
I have been thinking. They are going to spin-off this IP until it stops making money. So we could go way back and way into the future.
A Link to the Past
Banned
Hey, the child actors were pretty good.
And Annette O'Toole was a damn good Beverley.
MrCookiepants
Member
This movie is stuck in my mind. I forgot Spiderman and Anabelle the second I walked out of the theater.
Jesus! I was like 30M under. Didn't expect this or the reviews. What a beast.
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
Seeing it tonight but my brother who has very similar tastes to me absolutely HATED it and he went in hyped so now I'm pretty discouraged. :/
Monocle
Member
The movie's too good to hate, unless you have hangups about something unrelated to its quality, like coming-of-age stuff or mature language, lol.
Honestly though, if you don't appreciate the first scene between Georgie and Pennywise, the film is not for you. And that wouldn't be the film's fault.
I'm guessing he went in expecting a horror movie which is wrong. The movie is more of a adventure/drama like Stand By Me with stronger horror elements.
BoogieWoogie
Banned
God DAMN. I remember when predictions were coming in that this was going to make $60 mil for the weekend alone, it's pratically there in two days.
And_Gignac
Member
See, this is where I think records should always be inflation-adjusted. It makes no sense to call a $ number a record if less people attended to watch the movie.
ShutterMunster
Junior Member
Happy to see it's doing well.
I thought it was a solid film but IT isn't exactly made for cinema, in my opinion. The story is simply too deep and too vast.
I thought it was a solid film but IT isn't exactly made for cinema, in my opinion. The story is simply too deep and too vast.
Mortimer Brewster
Member
It 2: Pennywise Revenge
It 3 : Loser Warriors
It 4: The Clown Master
It 5: The Clown Child
Pennywise's Dead The Final Clown
Stephen King's New Clown
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
Holy shit. Third highest OD of the year, and highest for 2D only since Furious 7, I believe.
Random Human
They were trying to grab your prize. They work for the mercenary. The masked man.
Winners this weekend: Stephen King, Warner Bros., Bobby Roberts
Losers: Professional clowns
Losers: Professional clowns
But there's always going to have been less people because movies had more advantages previously than they did now. It's why Gone with the Wind is always #1 - The movie played for decades in an era where theatres were a cheap source of heat/air conditioning. Movies now are fighting cable, streaming, and endless other sources of entertainment.
Inflation is a lazy way of saying "No, actually this movie didn't do that well." Despite all evidence, in the same way that Suicide Squad and Spider-Man: Homecoming were called flops despite being massive popular blockbusters.
Movies should be compared to one thing: the amount of money they make vs. the amount of money it cost to make them. If they happen to make a record along the way, good for them!
We were in dire need of one after The Dark Tower.
Fancyarcher
Member
Wow, a really monstrous start for It. That's way more then even I was expecting. Whoa!
ryutaro's mama
Member
If WB greenlights a money grab 3rd IT movie, I will be a bit pissed.
Just need to have people who respect the source material and have actual talent in filmmaking, and voila. Dark Tower was just an abomination.
The Stand next please.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
Hilariously, IT has already outgrossed The Dark Tower by $3M.
Jim_Cacher
Member
Oh boy.
Hilariously, and deservedly, from all accounts. (I've yet to see IT, but fuck The Dark Tower)