Latest in It Chapter Two

We’ve been hearing for quite some time that the advance ticket sales for Focus Features’ big-screen take on the TV series Downton Abbey are just through the roof. On Fandango, presales for the Michael Engler-directed feature continue to best those of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again and The Gr…

UPDATE; writethru: New Line/Warner Bros' It Chapter Two had its second reading at the global and international box office this weekend, after screaming to the 2nd highest worldwide opening ever for a horror movie last session. With the sophomore frame's extra balloons, the franchise has now crossed $1B worldwide. The…

2nd Updated writethru Sunday AM after 6:53 post: w/chart STX’s Jennifer Lopez stripper pic Hustlers is on its way to a $33.2M opening according to STX this morning, after a better then expected hold of $12.2M, -7%. Many forecasted that Saturday would be down 15% for Hustlers. As we saw a few weeks ago, and as we saw…

Disney Television Animation will preview The Owl House on Day 2 of New York Comic Con, which runs Oct 3-Oct. 6 at Javits Center in New York City.  Also, a panel featuring Disney Television Animation showrunners is scheduled for Day 3 of the pop culture expo. Details on both those panels can be found below in our…

The box office heat surrounding STXfilms’ Jennifer Lopez stripper crime pic Hustlers is real, and has been so since it hit tracking on August 22, with projections spotting that this could be the actress’ biggest live action opening with $25M-$30M since her 2005 comedy Monster-in-Law ($23.1M). That opening record would…

SUNDAY UPDATE: New Line’s It Chapter Two slotted the second best global opening for a horror film of all-time with $185M, right behind 2017’s It which debuted to $189.7M. This was a similar case for the $79M production stateside where the Andy Muschietti-directed sequel notched the second best opening for both a…

5th Update, Early Sunday AM:  It Chapter Two is having a similar Friday-to-Saturday percent hold as the first film, at -10% with $33.6M yesterday, taking the weekend to an estimated $91M, per the studio, still the second-best start for September and a horror pic. It’s the fifth-best for an R-rated pic, opening behind M…

EXCLUSIVE: Jaeden Martell, who is having a busy weekend between It Chapter Two opening and Knives Out making its world premiere here at TIFF, has just joined the Highland Film Group feature Tunnels opposite Oscar winner Susan Sarandon. Directed by John Krokidas (Kill Your Darlings) and written by Victoria Rose, the…

Pennywise will be handing out balloons in 75 overseas markets as well as the U.S. and Canada this weekend, with It Chapter Two planning a nearly full day-and-date release versus 2017's staggered rollout for the original. All in, industry sources are seeing a global debut that could potentially score a worldwide…

Isaiah Mustafa is probably best known as “the Old Spice guy” but long before that, he was acting. And before that, he was playing football. While sitting in the New Hollywood Podcast hot seat, the Shadowhunters and IT: Chapter Two star shared his journey to becoming an actor — which had a lot of interesting…

Updated tracking has New Line’s It: Chapter Two opening between $90 million-$100 million, just behind the previous chapter’s all-time horror and September debut record of $123.4M. However, Fandango reports that advance ticket sales for the Stephen King sequel are the online ticketer’s best ever for a horror pic…

EXCLUSIVE: Before Hurricane Dorian reaches landfall sometime tonight, some theaters on the central east coasts of Florida have already boarded up including a slew of AMC, Regal and Cinemark multiplexes. Most of these sites aren’t expected to re-open until Tuesday and Wednesday, in time for New Line’s It: Chapter Two…