IT Chapter Onetook audiences, critics, and box office prognosticators by surprise back in 2017. Modest predictions way undershot what would go on to become something of a horror phenomenon, earning a record-setting $123.4+ domestic opening weekend, followed by more than $700 million globally when it was all said and done. The modestly budgetedStephen Kingadaptation went on to earn more than 20 times its production budget by the end of its run. So what kind of performance can New Line Cinema expect from its star-studded sequel?
AsThe Wrapreports, safe bets are forIT Chapter Twoto make $100 to $110 million when it opens the first weekend in September; outliers have it tracking around $120 million. That seems a bit low to me considering how well the first film performed, the star-power present in the new movie, and the fact that this flick will not only revisit the first story but close out the overall saga ofIT. Expect that number to go up, especially as buzz out of early screenings and international openings start to emerge.
It Chapter TwostarsJames McAvoyas Bill Denbrough,Jessica Chastainas Beverly Marsh,Bill Haderas Richie Tozi,er,James Ransoneas Eddie Kaspbrak,Jay Ryanas Ben Hanscom,Andy Beanas Stanley Uris, andIsaiah Mustafaas Mike Hanlon alongside original LosersWyatt Oleff,Jaeden Martell,Sophia Lillis,Finn Wolfhard,Jeremy Ray Taylor,Chosen Jacobs, andJack Dylan Grazerwho will reprise their roles in flashbacks. Look for it in theaters, including IMAX screenings, starting September 6th. And if you’re in the LA area,you have one more day to enter our drawing for our early screening!
And as a bonus treat, you can check out the new IMAX trailer forIT Chapter Twobelow:
Evil resurfaces in Derry as director Andy Muschietti reunites the Losers Club—young and adult—in a return to where it all began with It Chapter Two.
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Here’s the official synopsis forIT Chapter Two:
Because every 27 years evil revisits the town of Derry, Maine, “IT CHAPTER TWO” brings the characters—who’ve long since gone their separate ways—back together as adults, nearly three decades after the events of the first film.
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