Reviving the box office after a dead August and blowing past all expectations, It [IT1] consumed an estimated $117.2 million. The debut sets new records for largest opening for September, fall and horror genre. The audience was 51% female and 65% over the age of 25.
Home Again [HMAGN] opened in second place with $9.0 million.
The Hitman's Bodyguard [HTMBG] finished third at $4.9 million, bringing its total to $64.9 million.
Wind River [WNDRV] took fifth place with $3.2 million and $25.0...
After the summer movie season withered from a dry spell, the fall season is about to blast off with a bang. Warner Bros. unleashes the R-rated horror It [IT1] based on the Stephen King bestseller. Bill Skarsgard [BSKAR] stars as the killer clown Pennywise, previously played by Tim Curry in a memorable 1990 TV mini-series. It arrives at a perfect time in the cultural zeitgeist. The Netflix series "Strange Things" has helped foster nostalgia for the period. The first trailer released in...
The official trailer for the historical drama The Current War [CURNT] is now online. The Weinstein Co. will open The Current War in limited release beginning November 24th.
Starring Benedict Cumberbatch [BCUMB] as Thomas Edison and Michael Shannon [MISHA] as George Westinghouse, THE CURRENT WAR is the epic story of the cutthroat competition between the greatest inventors of the industrial age over whose electrical system would power the new century. Backed by J.P. Morgan, Edison...
Aardman Animation has unleashed the official full-length trailer for the Claymation comedy Early Man [ERLYM] from Nick Park. Lionsgate will release Early Man stateside on February 16th.
Set at the dawn of time, when prehistoric creatures roamed the earth, EARLY MAN tells the story of courageous caveman hero Dug (Eddie Redmayne [EREDM]) and his best friend Hognob as they unite his tribe against a mighty enemy Lord Nooth (Tom Hiddleston [THIDD]) and his Bronze Age City to save their...
STX has uploaded the official greenband and redband trailers for the comedy sequel A Bad Moms Christmas [BADM2]. Mila Kunis [MKUNI], Kristen Bell [KBELL] and Kathryn Hahn [KHAHN] return as the over stressed women from Bad Moms, who now put put with each of their mothers during the holiday season. A Bad Moms Christmas drops in theaters on November 3rd.
Bleecker Street has unveiled the trailer for the holiday drama The Man Who Invented Christmas [TMWIC]. Dan Stevens [DSTEV] stars as author Charles Dickens who wrote “A Christmas Carol” and created a holiday tradition. Christopher Plummer [CPLUM] co-stars as the inspiration for Ebenezer Scrooge. The Man Who Invented Christmas opens in theaters beginning November 22th.
Paramount has premiered the second trailer for the comedy sequel Daddy's Home 2 [DDHM2] on The Ellen Show. Mark Wahlberg [MWAHL] and Will Ferrell [WFERR] are visited by their own father played respectively by Mel Gibson [MGIBS] and John Lithgow [JLITH]. John Cena [JCENA] also joins the festivities as another paragon of fatherhood. Daddy's Home 2 arrives on November 20th.
A24 has launched the trailer for the dramedy Lady Bird [LADYB] written and directed by Greta Gerwig [GGERW]. After premiering at the Telluride Film Festival, Lady Bird lands in theaters on November 10th.
Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson (Saoirse Ronan [SRONA]) fights against but is exactly like her wildly loving, deeply opinionated and strong-willed mom (Laurie Metcalf), a nurse working tirelessly to keep her family afloat after Lady Bird's father (Tracy Letts) loses his job. Set in...
Universal has revealed the trailer for the horror prequel Insidious: The Last Key [NSID4], the fourth installment in the suernatural franchise featuring Dr. Elise Rainier played by Lin Shaye. The parapsychologist faces a haunting in her own family home. Insidious: The Last Keyopens in theaters on January 5th.
With no new wide releases from the major studios, the Labor Day holiday was led for a third time by The Hitman's Bodyguard [HTMBG] with nearly $13.4 million. The action comedy has totaled $58.1 million.
Annabelle: Creation [ANAB2] remained in second place at $9.3 million to bring its 4-week sum to nearly $91.0 million.
Wind River [WNDRV] climbed a spot to third with $8.0 million, up from last weekend. The rural thriller has banked $20.4 million.
Leap! [LEAP] slipped down a rung in its...
