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PEOPLE & ARTS Monday 9 SepteMber 2019

‘It: Chapter Two’ scares up $91 million with debut

By LINDSEY BAHR quel cost around $79.5 mil- with “The Kitchen” and
AP Film Writer lion to make. Reviews were “Shaft,” but also have a
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A ro- a little more mixed than for few films that could really
bust audience turned out the first — 86% versus 64% take off, including “Joker,”
to catch “It: Chapter Two” on Rotten Tomatoes — but out Oct. 4, and another
in movie theaters this week- audiences were consistent. King adaptation, “Doctor
end, but not quite as big as Both films got a B+ Cine- Sleep,” out Nov. 8.
the first. maScore. The rest of the top 10 was
Warner Bros. says Sunday “Andy Muschietti does an populated by holdovers:
that “It: Chapter Two,” the incredible job of scaring “Angel Has Fallen” took
only major new release, the stuffing out of audienc- a distant second with $6
earned an estimated $91 es,” Goldstein said. “I think million and “Good Boys”
million from North American our team, starting with New placed third with $5.4 mil-
ticket sales in its first week- Line in making this and our lion. In limited release, the
end from 4,570 screens. marketing team in bringing documentary “Linda Ron-
Trailing only its predecessor it to audiences around the stadt: The Sound of My
that debuted to a record globe, have hit the mark Voice” performed well in
$123.4 million in Septem- right on. They nailed it.” its first weekend, grossing
ber 2017, the launch of “It: Comscore senior media $115,500 from seven loca-
Chapter Two” is the second analyst Paul Dergarabedi- tions.
highest opening for a horror an noted that, unlike most After a down summer for
film ever and the month of horror films which tend the industry as a whole and
September, which before This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Bill Skarsgard drop off significantly af- a year that is still running 6%
“It” was not a strong month as Pennywise in New Line Cinema’s horror thriller “It: Chapter 2.” ter opening weekend, “It: down, “It: Chapter Two” is
for blockbusters. Both were Associated Press Chapter Two,” like its pre- a promising start to the fall
directed by Argentine film- the heights of the first. novel, “It: Chapter Two” decessor and some of the movie season, which runs
maker Andy Muschietti. “How many movies open brings the Losers Club back recent high quality horror from the day after Labor
Jeff Goldstein, who over- to $91 million? That was to Derry 27 years later to films could have “incredibly Day weekend through No-
sees domestic distribution lightning in a bottle,” Gold- take on the demonic clown long playability.” vember.
for Warner Bros., called stein said. “You don’t get Pennywise, and stars James “It: Chapter Two” is also a “It’s really important to
the debut “sensational” lightning in a bottle twice. McAvoy, Jessica Chastain big win for Warner Bros., have a movie to get the
and isn’t concerned that You get close though.” and Bill Hader as a few of which had a few disap- momentum going,” Derga-
“Chapter Two” didn’t hit Based on Stephen King’s the adult “losers.” The se- pointments this summer rabedian said.q