New Line Cinema’s adaptation of Stephen King’s IT is heading into Halloween week targeting a re-release and a whopping $700M worldwide. As of today, however, Pennywise is dancing at the $666M that it’s made through this past weekend.
On a $35M budget, IT is pop culture phenomenon that has distracted us from the other monstrous box office hits of 2017, including Split, Get Out, and Annabelle: Creation. In fact, without horror films, the 2017 box office would have been a disaster. It’s about time the top studio execs go trick or treating for new genre films…
[Review] IT Achieves Horror Greatness as Pennywise Becomes a Horror Icon for the Ages!
In the film, “A group of young kids face their biggest fears when they seek answers to the disappearance of children in their hometown of Derry, Maine. They square off against an evil clown named Pennywise, whose history of murder and violence dates back for centuries.”
The Loser’s Club includes Jaeden Lieberher, Finn Wolfhard, Sophia Lillis, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, Chosen Jacobs and Jeremy Ray Taylor. Javier Botet will play The Leper, and Nicholas Hamilton plays Henry Bowers. The cast also includes Owen Teague, who plays bully Patrick Hocksetter.