Among the other benchmarks are: the highest opening weekend for a horror film and top September debut ever in Russia and Australia; the biggest horror film debut in Brazil, Holland and Poland; and Warner Bros. Pictures’ largest opening for 2017 in 19 markets, including Russia, Australia, Spain, Poland, Norway, Belgium, Finland, Denmark and Chile.
Following a record-breaking Tuesday, New Line Cinema‘s IT continued its strong run on Wednesday with another record-breaking $7.9 million, which is the largest Wednesday ever for a horror film and the largest Wednesday ever in September.
The Stephen King adaptation, which cost about $35 million to make, has now grossed $151.5 million domestically.
While we don’t have international numbers for Monday through Wednesday, IT earned $66.3 million this weekend from 10,665 screens in 46 overseas markets, which is the biggest opening ever for a horror film.