Director: Andy Muschietti
Starring: Bill Skarsgard, Jaeden Martell, Finn Wolfhard
My Rating: Loved It!
Box Office Performance: $327,481,748 Domestically/ $372,900,000 Foreign = $700,381,748 Worldwide.
Domestically IT sits at the top of the list for R Rated horror movies. Followed by The Exorcist at #2, Get Out at #3, Us at #4, and 2018's Halloween at #5.
All time domestically IT stands as the #66 highest grossing movie ever.
IT has the highest opening weekend in September ever at $123,403,419, absolutely blowing away the competition this month, the next highest grossing opening weekend in September stands at $53,807,379.
IT is at the top of my list of horror movies in 2017. It's in the top ten of all movies in 2017 for me as well. Bill Skarsgard's turn as Pennywise the Dancing Clown is electrifying to watch, with his over the top theatrics throughout the whole 2 hr 15 min runtime. "That wasn't real enough for you?! It was real enough for Georgie." I've seen this movie a handful of times and that line always stands out as one of the best moments of the movie. It's the first time you see Pennywise in an almost vulnerable position.
Another great part of this movie is the comic relief. Finn Wolfhard's character provides plenty of laughs throughout and the kids have great friendly banter, although some of the things said are maybe a little advanced for how old the kids are.
Like I said in my instagram post from two years ago, this movie is very similar to Nightmare on Elm Street in the best ways possible. It's like the best Elm Street movie we never got.