I always read the book in the Summer usually around July. The kids are dealing with IT during their summer break and I've always felt it would be a perfect summer release.
Exactly. IT's the perfect summer horror movie (Yes I know September is still summer) I mean the story takes place during the kids summer break so an August release would have been perfect.
At least Valerian is one of DeHaan's better openings. I know it doesn't mean much given what type of films he usually does but gotta take a win when you can.
You know why they made it. As a fan of both DC and Marvel I don't see why super fanboys from both sides have to undermine certain movies to make theirs look better. Either way we're talking about the 6th Spider-Man and 3rd version of the character in only 15 years still doing pretty well at the BO and even improving over the last series.
So Apes would be original ? Sure it's a good film but it's what # in the series. And you're right audiences like familiarity and seeing certain characters again which is why they return to Cinematic universes, sequels, and remakes. Nothing wrong with that.