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Many cinema drift too at the box office this weekend , as a record was all eradicate by Pennywise and the Losers Club .
Running away with first place isIT(read our review ) , which earned a walloping $ 117.1 million in its first three days . That sets a newfangled all - clock time mark for gamey September debut , blowing the $ 48.4 million posted byHotel Transylvania 2out of the water . It was a perfect tempest of factors for the Stephen King adaptation . The end of August was peculiarly bleak at the market place , with no high - visibility new acquittance sinceThe Hitman ’s Bodyguarda few weeks ago . It would have secure the top spot simply due to deficiency of meaningful competition , but the response toITcertainly boosted its commercial candidate , tolerate it to break out and become a phenomenon thanks to positive word - of - mouth .
ITis poised to have a longsighted , fruitful running play , seeing that it is off to a wake start and should have hard leg because of the response . It ’s true we ’re now going to be back to usual business at the multiplex , with multiple young wide releases each hebdomad from now until the end of the year , but it ’s unlikely any of the ones in the cheeseparing future pose much of a threat toIT . That admit Darren Aronofksy’smother ! , which is another R - rated horror movie that will look to seize with teeth intoIT ’s target consultation . Whereas that motion picture is proving to be " weird " and factious on the festival circuit , IThas a level of oecumenical accessibility to mainstream audiences , which plays into its favor . It ’s probably going to go down as one of the most successful films of 2017 .
In a very distant second isHome Again , the Reese Witherspoon dramatic event that opened over the weekend . It brought in $ 9 million over its first three days , a byproduct of play in the phantom ofITand lukewarm reviews . dwelling Againwas able to find a slight scrap of grip as a counter - programming alternative in a mostly barren landscape painting , but it ’s not going to become a crossover sensation .
derive in third is the reign champThe Hitman ’s Bodyguard , which earned $ 4.8 million in its quaternary weekend . The legal action / comedy is now up to $ 64.8 million in its domestic run .
get along in fourth isAnnabelle : macrocosm . TheConjuringspinoff / prequel made $ 4 million , raising its Stateside total to $ 96.2 million .
labialize out the top five isWind Riverwith $ 3.2 million . The play increase its domestic haul to $ 25 million .
Animated filmLeap!is the # 6 movie . The effort from The Weinstein Company gross $ 2.5 million during its third weekend and it now resist at $ 15.8 million domestically .
In what ’s becoming a box office trend lately , Spider - Man : Homecomingfinished in 7th , post $ 2 million . Marvel ’s latest megahit raised its domestic totality to $ 327.7 million .
Christopher Nolan’sDunkirkcomes in eighth with $ 1.9 million . The World War II dramatic event ( seen by many as an early Oscar competitor ) is now up to $ 183.1 million in the U.S.
The # 9 film of the weekend isLogan Luckywith $ 1.8 million . Steven Soderbergh ’s hillbilly heist film currently tolerate at $ 25.2 million in the States .
cap off the top 10 isThe Emoji Movie . Sony ’s animated movie take in $ 1 million this weekend to raise its domesticated total to $ 82.5 million .
[ eminence : These are only weekend box power estimate – base on Friday and Saturday tag sales pair with adjusted expectations for Sunday . prescribed weekend box office resolution will be relinquish on Monday , September 11 – at which time we ’ll update this post with any changes . ]
Source : Box Office Mojo
