“It” is unstoppable at the box office. Fandango figures for the hit movie are the best the online ticket seller has seen for second-week sales of any horror movie, ever.
The film starring Bill Skarsgard as Pennywise the Clown is on the top of the Fanticipation chart, with the buzz indicator being at 89 out of 100 points. It is also double the second week sales of the next closest high-performing horror movie, “Get Out.”
“‘It’ isn’t clowning around as it continues to attract new fans and repeat viewers,” said Fandango Managing Editor Erik Davis. “Horror has never been hotter at the box office, especially smart, well-crafted thrillers like ‘It’ that break new ground. We can expect to see ‘It’ remaining a King-size hit for the rest of the month.”
“It” opened last weekend to a record-breaking $123 million. It broke the record of the biggest September release and quickly became the top weekend opener for an R-rated horror movie, surpassing “Paranormal Activity 3.”
Since then, the movie has grossed $143.6 million at the domestic box office and surpassed the $200 million worldwide mark.
“It” is expected to stay in the No. 1 spot this weekend. Paramount’s “mother!” and CBS Films’ “American Assassin” are opening this weekend, both anticipated to earn around $14 million.
“It” was directed by Andy Muschietti and also stars Jaeden Lieberher, Wyatt Oleff, Finn Wolfhard, Chosen Jacobs and Sophia Lillis.
Let's Revisit the 1990 'It' TV Miniseries: 5 Floating Facts About Pennywise and Friends
With the new film "It" in theaters now, we asked John Campopiano -- one of several filmmakers doing a documentary about the 1990 version of Stephen King's "It" -- to take us deep into the history of that TV miniseries. Here are five things we didn't know.
Stephen King has said he decided to make his scary creature a clown because clowns scare children more than anything else. "They do have that kind of monstrous thing going for them," he told Conan O'Brien.
Jonathan Brandis, who portrayed young Bill Denbrough in "It," had worked on another Stephen King film adaptation the year prior. He did the voiceover for the opening scenes of the 1989 film "Pet Sematary."
Tim Curry's Pennywise makeup changed quite a bit during the production. It went from being very dramatic and articulated to more subdued. Curry had recently worked on the film "Legend" and was not excited about being in a lot of makeup again. He and director Tommy Lee Wallace agreed that he would have minimal makeup.
Despite being set in Derry, Maine, the miniseries was actually shot in and around Vancouver, British Columbia.
Many fans dislike the ending of the miniseries, specifically the scenes involving the giant spider. Even cast and crew members, including Wallace, have expressed disappointment with how it came together.
Bonus: King once had his own scary interaction with a clown: a man dressed as Ronald McDonald once said next to him on a first-class flight, lit up a cigarette and ordered a gin and tonic. He told King he had come "from McDonaldland."
With the new film ”It“ in theaters, we look back at the miniseries that made everyone hate clowns
With the new film "It" in theaters now, we asked John Campopiano -- one of several filmmakers doing a documentary about the 1990 version of Stephen King's "It" -- to take us deep into the history of that TV miniseries. Here are five things we didn't know.
