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Not Surprisingly, ‘IT’ is Expected to Break Box Office Records
The Dark Tower may have under-performed, but IT won’t have the same trouble.
Back in April of this year, I made a pretty bold prediction. Granted, it was based on obvious and very clear signs, but I predicted that Andy Muschietti’s IT would have the highest opening weekend for a horror movie in history.
The current record holder? Hannibal, with $58,003,121.
I wrote in the aforementioned article…
“One needn’t be a soothsayer to predict that IT will have a domestic opening weekend gross of more than $58,003,121, which would give it the highest opening weekend for a horror movie and also the highest opening weekend for any September release – the current record holder for the latter is Hotel Transylvania 2, which pulled in just under $50,000,000 in its first weekend.”
So here we are, now less than a month away from the release of IT. What are box office analysts saying, now that they’ve got some numbers to go on? Well, according to THR today, IT is tracking to make at least $50 million in its opening weekend, which would see it top Hotel Transylvania 2 for the highest September opening in history.
Furthermore, the site notes that “some even believe it could approach $60 million,” meaning it would surpass Hannibal and also claim the record for highest opening for a horror film. Additionally, a number of that size would bring IT into the top 10 listing of the highest R-rated opening weekends in history – horror or otherwise.
What will the actual number be? It’s impossible to say for sure, but I’d put money on IT surpassing even the $60 million prediction. It’s going to be a MONSTER.
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Andrzej Żuławski’s 1981 psychological horror movie Possession is getting a remake from Smile writer/director Parker Finn, and Deadline reports that The Batman actor Paul Dano has joined the cast.
No word at this time on character details, though.
The original film starred Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill as a married couple in Cold War-era West Berlin whose relationship spirals into a supernatural nightmare. In Finn’s update, Margaret Qualley and Callum Turner will star as the turbulent couple in Finn’s Possession, and Adjani has officially given her blessing on Qualley’s casting.
Parker Finn is writing and directing the new take on Possession.
He’s also producing alongside Jonathan Fass via Bad Feeling, along with Roy Lee and Andrew Childs via Vertigo, and Robert Pattinson. Marc Bienstock is serving as exec producer.
Our own Brian Keiper celebrated Possession‘s 40th anniversary here on BD back in 2021, writing: “Few movies depict emotional turmoil as effectively and daringly as Andrzej Zulawksi’s Possession. It is a challenging and sometimes inscrutable film, both for the mind and the emotions. Zulawski struggles through a number of deep issues throughout the course of the film; issues that speak to some of humanity’s deepest pains and fears. In many ways it is about loss— loss of political ideals, loss of faith, and loss of innocence. But most of all, Possession is about the fear, pain, and anger that comes from the loss of a marriage.”
This will mark Dano’s first horror role. The actor previously appeared in sci-fi hits Looper and Okja.
Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill in Possession
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