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‘IT’ Breaks More Records With One of the Biggest Second Weekends in History
We expected Andy Muschietti’s IT to make a killing at the box office and probably even shatter a couple records, but the film has FAR surpassed even wildest expectations.
Last weekend, IT broke several box office records, raking in an incredible $123.4 million here in the States and giving it the highest grossing opening weekend ever for September and also ever for a horror movie. How about the second weekend, you may be wondering?
The numbers are in and… holy shit.
In its second weekend at the domestic box office, IT dropped just 51% and pulled in another $60 million, which is more than most expected it to make in its *first* weekend! It probably goes without saying that it’s now also the record holder for second best weekend for a horror film. Hell, it’s one of the top second weekends for any film.
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As for the month of September, IT has just smashed the record for highest grossing September release of all time… in just its first 2 weekends of release.
IT‘s 10-day domestic total is now $218.7 million, totally unheard of for a horror movie and incredibly rare for rated-R movies in general. In fact, even when you adjust the numbers of past rated-R films for inflation, IT‘s total box office take is already one of the biggest in history for a rated-R film.
Worldwide, IT has now made a staggering $371 million.
Honestly, it’s becoming hard to even keep track of the box office records IT is breaking. And we expect that its dominance is not going to slow down anytime soon.
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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