We were thinking IT would be massive……but this film isn’t clowning around.
According to Variety, the Pennywise picture is selling out theaters across the globe. Although experts originally projecting $50M, and then $60M, the Stephen King adaptation is set to rake in $103M over three days — three times its budget.
Playing on 4,130 screens in America alone, the film’s making unprecedented money. The weekend take puts the film as the best opening since July’s Spider-man: Homecoming. On top of that, it’s now the fifth best opening of the year. Which is impressive as the four bigger openers all carry a budget five times the horror hit.
Made for only $35M, audiences are now officially getting a Chapter 2 after helping change the landscape of current cinema. While some outlets, including THR, were reporting the sequel is coming, the film’s ticket take is solidifying the future of the Derry saga. So don’t worry Losers’ Club, IT’s coming (love puns…sue me).
It’s also being reported Andy Muschietti is awaiting a return to the director’s chain. Some of the cast is waiting on deals as well, with casting on adult roles is expected shortly. But make no mistake, with the insane amount of money the adaptation is making, Chapter 2 is getting what it needs.
IT stars Bill Skarsgĺrd, Jaeden Lieberher and Finn Wolfhard. Andy Muschietti directs a script by Chase Palmer and Cary Fukunaga. KatzSmith Productions, Lin Pictures and RatPac-Dune Entertainment produces, with New Line Cinema distributing. The adaptation is now playing everywhere.