STEPHEN KING'S IT WEEKEND THREAD | 117.15 Mill!....NO SPOILERS..NOT EVEN IN TAGS!

[theultimatebiu]

Its safe to say $80M OW is locked.

 

$90M is 90% guaranteed.

 

$95M is 70% guaranteed.

 

$100M is 55% guaranteed.

 

Either way this is a huge success that no one expected.

Edited September 8, 2017 by theultimatebiu

[WrathOfHan]

2 minutes ago, John Marston said:

Can't see how it misses 100m with 47 opening day 

100M isn't happening; it needs to stay flat throughout the weekend for that to happen. Even if Saturday increases from True Friday, this isn't going to have a sub-40% Sunday drop.

Edited September 8, 2017 by WrathOfHan

[alisson23]

Just now, WrathOfHan said:

100M isn't happening; it needs to stay flat throughout the weekend for that to happen.

Lmfao

$100m is locked

This is fucking september, guy.

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, alisson23 said:

Lmfao

$100m is locked

This is fucking september, guy.

This is the start of the NFL season and has a fucking category 4 hurricane in the south, guy.

[eddyxx]

2 hours ago, Cmasterclay said:

We all love the "slowed down creepy versions of pop songs" trend in movies, and last night I saw a preview that used a slowed down creepy version of fucking 50 Cent's In Da Club. I busted out laughing. That had to be a parody, right?

Is that the one where the girl is in a groundhog day scenario getting killed over and over?

[La Binoche]

it's an R rated horror movie...matinees won't be as big as the other comps that had such massive previews #s 

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, eddyxx said:

Is that the one where the girl is in a groundhog day scenario getting killed over and over?

[a2k]

2 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

100M isn't happening; it needs to stay flat throughout the weekend for that to happen. Even if Saturday increases from True Friday, this isn't going to have a sub-40% Sunday drop.

Can't rule out 100m confidently if od is 47 even with a ~42% Sunday drop:

 

13.5 + 33.5 + 33.5 (+0%) + 19.5 (-41.8%) = 100

[kitik]

Crazy stuff!

 

And I love how we have no idea exactly how the weekend will unfold, thanks to horror frontloading/hurricane/NFL.

[WrathOfHan]

Oh shit, the 2:50 show sold out here  

[filmlover]

$100M would've been closer to a lock if Irma hadn't caused most theaters in Florida to shut down before the weekend began (and remain closed until the storm passes, which it isn't expected to until Monday). Next weekend's drop should be cushioned somewhat by the lost business, though.

[a2k]

Quote

UPDATED 12:07 PM: After a screaming preview of $13.5M in previews in 3,500 theaters last night, Stephen King’s It is performing exceptionally well in matinees and may end tonight with a big $47M Friday for New Line and Warner Bros. That would put It on course for a three-day opening record weekend of $100M for this genre which would bring it to the second-highest opening for an R-rated pic (only behind Deadpool‘s $132.4M) and enjoying the biggest weekend opening ever for a horror film by a long shot.

http://deadline.com/2017/09/stephen-king-it-home-again-box-office-1202163667/

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, filmlover said:

$100M would've been closer to a lock if Irma hadn't caused most theaters in Florida to shut down before the weekend began (and remain closed until the storm passes, which it isn't expected to until Monday). Next weekend's drop should be cushioned somewhat by the lost business, though.

Yeah, I'm only expecting a drop around 55% next weekend. The following week will probably be over 60% with the loss of large formats and no cushion.

[FantasticBeasts]

What were the previous openers when that football thing was premiering?

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, FantasticBeasts said:

What were the previous openers when that football thing was premiering?

Last year:

 

1	SULLYWarner Bros.3,525	$12,160,687-- / $3,450$12,160,687 / 1	$14,660,116+20.6% / $4,159$26,820,803 / 2	$8,207,498-44% / $2,328$35,028,301 / 3
2	WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKSSony / Screen Gems2,246	$5,234,279-- / $2,330$5,234,279 / 1	$6,097,688+16.5% / $2,715$11,331,967 / 2	$2,870,356-52.9% / $1,278$14,202,323 / 3

[a2k]

IT OW over WONDR OW would be so 

[Fancyarcher]

1 hour ago, Rman823 said:

Well recently we've had the Carrie remake, Under The Dome, 11/22/63, Cell, The Mist, The Dark Tower, Mr. Mercedes, IT, and Gerald's Game at the end of the month. Along with Castle Rock coming up next year. And this is just the stuff already released or planned  (even if some of it may not be good). 

It's a King renaissance you might say. The last I time I recall their being several Stephen King adaptations at a time was in the early 2000's at least. It's been a while. 

 

1 hour ago, Mojoguy said:

Does this mean Stephen King movie adaptations being planned like Cujo and The Stand are going get fast tracked and made sooner?

I could see their being a lot of King remakes now actually. I really enjoy the original Cujo film, but as someone who's a fan of the book, I'd actually be up for another adaptation / remake of it. 

Edited September 8, 2017 by Fancyarcher

[FantasticBeasts]

1 minute ago, WrathOfHan said:

Last year:

 

1	SULLYWarner Bros.3,525	$12,160,687-- / $3,450$12,160,687 / 1	$14,660,116+20.6% / $4,159$26,820,803 / 2	$8,207,498-44% / $2,328$35,028,301 / 3
2	WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKSSony / Screen Gems2,246	$5,234,279-- / $2,330$5,234,279 / 1	$6,097,688+16.5% / $2,715$11,331,967 / 2	$2,870,356-52.9% / $1,278$14,202,323 / 3

Definetely not what you would call an "event movie". On the contrary...

This is a special occasion so the norm does not apply.

[FantasticBeasts]

It would be intresting If we knew were this is performing better in order to evaluate the hurricane effect.

[MattW]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/weekend-box-office-it-movie-scares-up-record-thursday-night-1036714

THR updated to $40m or more.  I imagine it's difficult to extrapolate from early shows only since horror plays significantly stronger at night and this one is significantly above any other horror movie.