The underperformance was foretold, but falling $6M from the late-night estimates is ridiculous. I really don't get how the Friday night crowd was so weak. The low previews at least had the excuse of competing with NFL Game #1.

It always felt like this was coming out too soon to me. There wasn't enough time between films to make me too interested in what happens to our grown up cast. I was a big fan of the first film, but I really don't have urge to see this one right now. I'll check it out in theaters in a couple weeks.

I know it's generally wise to capitalize on popular hits ASAP in today's market before the audience's attention shifts elsewhere, but if that was the plan, they probably should have released it even earlier because said audience's attention has already shifted it seems.

I mean a high 30's opening and a possible $80-$90M OW is still a pretty great result for a R-rated horror film, but for a sequel to one of the biggest horror films of all-time I can see why it would look so underwhelming. The hype for it never felt like it was really there though like it was for the first one.

1 - It: Chapter Two WB (NL) $37,400,000 - - 4,570 $8,184 $37,400,000 1
2 1 Angel has Fallen LGF $1,725,000 +153% -40% 3,229 $534 $49,185,501 15
3 2 Good Boys Uni. $1,570,000 +194% -33% 3,193 $492 $63,029,700 22
4 3 Overcomer Affirm $1,025,000 +165% -27% 2,153 $476 $21,981,163 15
5 4 The Lion King (2019) BV $990,000 +206% -36% 2,610 $379 $525,903,439 50
6 5 Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw Uni. $940,000 +195% -35% 2,299 $409 $161,472,145 36
7 7 Ready or Not FoxS $684,000 +144% -56% 2,350 $291 $24,085,688 17
8 9 The Peanut Butter Falcon RAtt. $630,000 +195% -15% 1,310 $481 $10,636,259 29
9 8 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Sony $615,000 +135% -38% 1,402 $439 $132,817,282 43
10 10 Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark LGF $593,000 +273% -50% 2,101 $282 $60,418,734 29

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/cha ... ESC&p=.htm

Well damn.

It's still going to make a huge profit but a 27% drop in OW isn't good. The first's legs with a 90m opening would be just under 240m.

One positive for WB is I think this opens the door for Joker to do huge business.

I agree on this. They should have released this a year after Chapter 1, not 2 years.

Also, they should have re-released Chapter 1 on Labor Day weekend or some time earlier to build up buzz.

Well that's a bummer

Unless it collapses [85m opening and shitty legs] we will have our first 200m grosser of this year. Might be the only one if Joker and Jumanji do 300m+.

I mean....if you had told me 2 1/2 years ago that IT 2 would open to $90m and top $200m, I would have said GTFO

Ring 2 all over again.

The backlash against sequels continues.

But this was not marketed worth a shit, whereas the first one was *everywhere* and really built up into an event. This feels like a money grab and afterthought, even though anyone who knows the story knew it was always coming.

I don’t know the story, but I knew chapter one didn’t have a believable ‘ending’.

Budget of $60-$70m. It’ll do just fine and there’s no worry they’ll overdo it with a third film.


Although, Hollywood can definitely overextend itself by translating IT’s success into open season on King adaptations.

Well didn't that Elba film open afterwards. King is always a draw,it really depends on the marketing and the film. For every Shawshank, Green Mile, there is always a Dark half, Cujo.

Sleep will be most like another mid tier for him.

Even though this is a decline from the first film, I doubt this will be the last we see of the franchise. It: 1740 or something with Pennywise terrorizing pilgrims will probably happen.

$33M Sat. If that’s true It’s a pretty good recovery and It will probably land around $95M.

When the real number is $6M less... Let’s say $84M

I don't think this is as bad as people are making IT.

IT reached pop culture phenom level. Was impossible to capture that again.

I haven't seen Chapter 2 yet but they could definitely probably do a prequel. This series is too huge for them not to try and milk it.

$91 mil OW is a recovery from Friday. We'll see if it holds.

I said this in a writeup for AwardsWatch (plug), but I think It will be helped a lot by the complete and utter lack of horror competition. Even if it drops quickly, I imagine a lot of theaters will hold onto it through October as the only spooky option for moviegoers outside of, like, The Addams Family. And the B+ from Cinemascore indicates to me that WOM among the masses is fine, even if reviews were weaker.

This is gonna have a fine multiple. I think it has a lot of general audience appeal, moreso than typical horror. I think the mild underperforming is due to it just not being a rush movie.

Which would be a recovery.