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

[CJohn]

This is it. The box office will awake to receive It, the adaptation of Stephen King's novel. It is also the movie that will do what The Force Awakens couldn't: break the 250M barrier over OW, so prepare yourself for a crazy ride. The movie is opening in a record 4.103 theaters. Muschietti da gawd and Pennywise are coming for the box office.

 

That being said, lets have fun yet be careful. 

DO NOT POST SPOILERS. NOT EVEN SPOILERS UNDER SPOILER TAGS. 

 

This weekend, posting a spoiler will result in an immediate Box Office Discussion Forum ban. You will not be given a warning. 

 

This goes for all new releases usually but this is a huge weekend and we will not tolerate any spoilers what so ever for It.

 

We're looking forward to a great weekend and we realize the over-excitement (or meltdowns) can cause the thread to go off topic. We will be allowing everyone to post freely as long as the off topic discussions don't go overboard. I understand some of you, like me, wonder why Worst Tele Ever is still allowed in the forums, why do we still have threads for super-hero movies or why Lucasfilms just doesn't make a lifetime deal with Ron Howard and Tony Gilroy instead of trying to hire different puppets for every movie that they can't control, but we have appropriate threads to discuss those.

 

Last, but not least... we might have a SPECIAL FALL SALE...? I haven't talked to @Water Bottle about this 

 

Keep it neutral, and keep it to a numbers discussion, and you'll be fine. If it becomes something other than that, you risk a temporary ban. So, tread lightly, please. Or else, you will float too... after getting hit by the ban hammer.

 

One final note to our members in Florida: stay safe and be careful during the storm.

[That One Girl]

300M OPENING WEEKEND.

[the beast]

1 minute ago, That One Guy said:

300M OPENING WEEKEND.

thank you for making this thread

[That One Girl]

1 minute ago, the beast said:

thank you for making this thread

 

I didn't make it 

[the beast]

6 minutes ago, That One Guy said:

 

I didn't make it 

Oh i thought u did

[filmlover]

Me, @WrathOfHan and the other Floridians will be busy trying to survive this crazy bitch Irma.

[Frozen]

Just to be clear, No spoilers = No book spoilers either?

[robertman2]

I can't wait to see the Rock fight Pennywise in Part 2!

[CJohn]

17 minutes ago, Frozen said:

Just to be clear, No spoilers = No book spoilers either?

Just for the weekend thread, yeah.

[Rman823]

23 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Me, @WrathOfHan and the other Floridians will be busy trying to survive this crazy bitch Irma.

Be safe and remember 

[WrathOfHan]

When the Deadline estimate is below 70M

 

[Biggestgeekever]

IT is officially the widest R-rated opener of all time.

[Rman823]

Just now, WrathOfHan said:

When the Deadline estimate is below 70M

 

Cockadoody Irma. 

[a2k]

pro.BO 81

Variety 65

Warner Bros 60-65 (according to THR)

Guru 62

BOM ?

the-numbers ?

 

Edited September 7, 2017 by a2knet

[grim22]

With a 35M budget, this should be in profit by Sunday easily. Smart budgeting, great marketing blitz and a known property all add up to a big OW for September.

[CJohn]

For curiosity, this will be the biggest OW for a movie that doesn't have a superhero since... FF8.

[picores]

100M OW incoming. All signs are there. Anyway an opening over 60m would already be a great breakout. 

[Rman823]

2 minutes ago, CJohn said:

For curiosity, this will be the biggest OW for a movie that doesn't have a superhero since... FF8.

Please it's getting to the point where I would consider FF superhero movies. 

[Barnack]

3 minutes ago, CJohn said:

For curiosity, this will be the biggest OW for a movie that doesn't have a superhero since... FF8.

It is certain to beat Despicable me 72.4m OW ? (late June release)

[CJohn]

10 minutes ago, Barnack said:

It is certain to beat Despicable me 72.4m OW ? (late June release)

It is not certain, but it is likely.