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

[Brainbug]

Hot (?) Take: This Fall season will be more entertaining to follow than the summer season

[the beast]

Just now, Brainbug said:

Hot (?) Take: This Fall season will be more entertaining to follow than the summer season

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[YM!]

1 minute ago, Brainbug said:

Hot (?) Take: This Fall season will be more entertaining to follow than the summer season

[Zakiyyah6]

Holy shit, IT opened with 117mil. Is this real life? I had a lofty expectations and the film exceeded even those.

[K1stpierre]

People thought It wouldn't even make 100M DOM total, lol

[MCKillswitch123]

I still maintain that Annabelle had the most impressive gross between the holdovers, but Spider-Man having the smallest drop in the top 10 despite being out since the 1st weekend of July is maddening. That thing is a true legs monster.

 

Home Again also did A LOT better than I expected. I guess Reese still has quite a say with southern Americans.

[grim22]

55% is too high a Sunday drop. Won't be surprised if it is underestimated by like 7-8M or more with actuals.

[DAR]

So It is pretty much guaranteed to be just the 4th R rated movie to gross 300 million in its original run

[Boxx93]

Well my derby just got fucked real good.

 

Still love it though because the movie breaking the records it's R rated.

[Zakiyyah6]

6 minutes ago, grim22 said:

55% is too high a Sunday drop. Won't be surprised if it is underestimated by like 7-8M or more with actuals.

I am 99% sure that it's going up at least 3 million.

Edited September 10, 2017 by Zakiyyah6

[MCKillswitch123]

Interesting stat about this monstruous opening weekend:

 

BIGGEST GAPS BETWEEN 1ST & 2ND PLACE

1982-Present

(Where the difference between the #1 and #2 movies was $10 million or greater)

 

Row	Weekend	#1 and #2 Movies	WeekendGrosses	Difference	% Difference
1	Dec. 18–20, 2015	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	$247,966,675	$233,679,516	94.24%
		Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip	$14,287,159
2	Jul. 18–20, 2008	The Dark Knight	$158,411,483	$130,660,243	82.48%
		Mamma Mia!	$27,751,240
3	Nov. 18–20, 2011	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1	$138,122,261	$116,885,193	84.62%
		Happy Feet Two	$21,237,068
4	Nov. 20–22, 2009	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	$142,839,137	$108,719,765	76.11%
		The Blind Side	$34,119,372
5	Sept. 8–10, 2017	It	$117,150,000	$108,121,778	92.29%
		Home Again	$9,028,222

Edited September 10, 2017 by MCKillswitch123

[Premium George]

Looking at holdovers, I think cos of barren august, most films got 5-10% extra added to their dom total.

 

[Maxmoser3]

IT broke Hotel Transylvania 2's September OW record, Gravity's Fall record, Paranormal Activity 3's debut for an R-rated horror film, and The Equalizer's best debut for an R-rated film in September. 

[Alli]

Phenomenal weekend!

 

Next weekend shall be interesting too. Can mother break 20M?

[Jonwo]

4 minutes ago, Maxmoser3 said:

IT broke Hotel Transylvania 2's September OW record, Gravity's Fall record, Paranormal Activity 3's debut for an R-rated horror film, and The Equalizer's best debut for an R-rated film in September. 

It's also New Line's OW ever!

[Maxmoser3]

And with IT, I was fine with a $150 million domestic total originally. A total more than half of that($300-$310 million or even way more) would be even more satisfying.

 

Ok start for Home Again, considering it's $15 million budget it should make it back. Depending on holds the next few weeks a total around $25-$30 million seems doable.

 

Hitman's Bodyguard getting hit after a Labor-Day boost, with more action films coming in the next weeks to lure the same audience. Hitman should come close to $80 million domestic. 

 

Annabelle:Creation still holding on, and should make above $100 million domestic. Making that and IT one of the big sucess stories for Warner Bros this 2017.

 

As for everything else, well surprisingly Emoji Movie is still hanging out on the top 10 and should earn around $85 million. And also with the top 12 being near $150 million, this is by far the biggest September weekend ever! 

[Maxmoser3]

2 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

It's also New Line's OW ever!

That's true but forgot since they are now with WB. 

[KeepItU25071906]

From Deadline:

 

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Current estimates have the Andy Muschietti-directed horror film floating around $123M to $124M right now

 

[eddyxx]

1 hour ago, MinaTakla said:

 

[Subzero]

Holy Smokes ... this is huge.

This is a big hit with teens ... seems like my whole neighbor teens have seen this ... my kids highschool are all talking about this.

WB is killing it this year.