New Line Cinema‘s IT earned a monstrous $51 million on Friday, which marks the largest Friday ever for a September release and also the largest Friday opening for the studio.
Capturing an extraordinary 86% share of the Top 5 films in the market, the UK opened to an estimated $4.5 million from 1,342 screens, becoming the biggest opening day ever for a horror film and the biggest Warner Bros. opening day in 2017.
The film now has a chance of opening with more than $100 million for the weekend at the North American box office.
The film also set a record for the number of locations it’s playing at for an R-rated movie with 4,103 theaters.