It: Chapter 2 Floats to #1 with $185 Million Global Debut
by Brad Brevet
September 8, 2019


Warner Bros. and New Line's It: Chapter Two kicked off the fall box office season with a strong, $91 million debut. The performance easily topped the weekend box office, finishing ahead of the second place film by $85 million.

While the performance trails the first film's $123 million opening back in 2017, it is still within studio expectations and ranks as the second largest horror opening of all-time while 2017's It remains to be the only horror film to ever open with more than $100 million.







It: Chapter Two and its predecessor now rank as the first and second largest openings for both a horror film as well as the first and second largest September openings of all-time. The film received a "B+" CinemaScore from opening day audiences.

Internationally, the film opened in 75 markets and delivered a $185 million global opening.







In second, Lionsgate and Millennium's Angel Has Fallen delivered an estimated $6 million, pushing the film's domestic cume over $53 million as it enters its third week in release.







Universal's Good Boys finished in third with an estimated $5.4 million, dipping -43% as the film's domestic cume now stands at $66.8 million.

Internationally, the R-rated comedy added $2.3 million from 28 markets for an overseas total that now stands at $15.6 million and a global cume topping $82 million.







Disney's The Lion King lands in the top five for the eighth straight weekend, bringing in an estimated $4.2 million for a $529.1 million domestic cume.

The film also added $13.4 million internationally this weekend for an overseas cume totaling $1.07 billion and a global cume just shy of $1.6 billion as the film now ranks seventh all-time both globally and internationally.







Rounding out the top five is Sony and AFFIRM's Overcomer, which added theaters for the third straight week in a row and dipped just -34% for an estimated $3.75 million and a domestic cume that now stands at $24.7 million.







Elsewhere, the best hold in the top ten belongs to Roadside's The Peanut Butter Falcon, which added 61 locations and dipped just -24.6% for an estimated $2.27 million three-day, as it moves up from 12th last weekend to seventh position this weekend.

The film's domestic cume now stands at $12.2 million as it enters its fifth week in release.







In limited release, Fox International's Chhichhore opened with an estimated $575,000 from 195 locations ($2,949 PTA); Greenwich Entertainment and 1091's documentary Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice opened in seven locations in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco with an estimated $115,500 ($16,500 PTA); Oscilloscope's Ms. Purple brought in an estimated $18,650 from the Landmark NuArt in Los Angeles; and Music Box's Edie opened in seven theaters with an estimated $8,467 ($1,210 PTA).

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September 6-8, 2019 Weekend Studio Estimates:


1. It: Chapter 2 $91,000,000
2. Angel Has Fallen $6,000,000 / $53,460,501
3. Good Boys $5,390,000 / $66,849,700
4. The Lion King $4,193,000 / $529,106,439
5. Overcomer $3,750,000 / $24,706,163
6. Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw $3,720,000 / $164,252,145
7. The Peanut Butter Falcon $2,276,430 / $12,282,689
8. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark $2,275,000 / $62,100,734
9. Ready or Not $2,229,000 / $25,630,688
10. Dora and the Lost City of Gold $2,170,000 / $54,159,150

It Chapter 2 Repeats at #1, Hustlers Exceeds Expectations & The Goldfinch Flies into a Wall
by Brad Brevet
September 15, 2019


It was a mixed bag of a weekend for Warner Bros. which saw It: Chapter Two deliver a strong hold and retain the weekend's #1 spot at the box office, but their new release, The Goldfinch, bombed, delivering one of the worst openings ever for a wide release.

Alternatively, STXfilms's Hustlers exploded out of the gates with the studio's largest opening in its five year history as well as star Jennifer Lopez's largest live-action opening of all-time.







With an estimated $40.7 million, WB and New Line's It: Chapter Two topped the weekend for the second week in a row, dipping just -55% compared to its opening weekend and pushing the film's domestic cume over $153 million after ten days in release.

In addition to that, the horror sequel added another $47 million internationally this weekend for a global tally that now stands at $323.3 million. Collectively, the two films in the It franchise have now grossed over $1.02 billion worldwide.







In second place with an excellent, $33.2 million debut is STXfilms's Hustlers. The opening is the largest in STX's short history, topping the $23.8 million opening for Bad Moms back in 2016. It's also the largest live-action debut for star Jennifer Lopez, topping the $23.1 million opening for Monster-in-Law back in 2005.

Hustlers made a splash at the Toronto Film Festival prior to its opening and entered this weekend with a strong, 88% critic rating on RottenTomatoes. Opening day audiences gave the film a "B-" CinemaScore.

Internationally, Hustlers opened in 15 markets with $4.46 million.







Lionsgate's Angel Has Fallen continued its run with an estimated $4.4 million this weekend, dipping just -26.5%.

Its domestic cume now tops $60 million and continues to pace ahead of its predecessor.







Universal's Good Boys landed in fourth with an estimated $4.26 million as the $20 million production has now seen its domestic cume climb over $73 million.

In addition to that, the film added another $1.8 million internationally this weekend for a worldwide cume that now tops $91 million with several overseas openings yet to come.







Placing in the top five for the ninth straight weekend is Disney's The Lion King, which added another $3.5 million domestically for a cume that now totals $533.9 million.

This makes The Lion King the 12th largest domestic release of all-time, topping Rogue One and it will soon creep ahead of The Dark Knight ($535.2m) for a spot just outside the top ten.

Internationally the picture added another $6.9 million for a global cume that now stands at $1.617 billion.







It isn't until eighth position that we come to WB's The Goldfinch, which debuted with a disastrous $2.6 million from 2,542 locations.

The performance is the sixth worst ever for a film debuting in over 2,500 locations and one more disappointment in a string of them for the studio this year including Shaft, The Kitchen, Blinded by the Light and The Sun is Also a Star.







Elsewhere, rounding out the top ten is Roadside's The Peanut Butter Falcon, which is now playing in 1,490 locations (+180) and dipped just -10% this weekend for an estimated $1.9 million.

The film's domestic cume now stands at $15 million after six weeks in release.







In limited release, Neon's Monos opened in five locations with an estimated $43,285 ($8,657 PTA); Abramorama's Moonlight Sonata opened in one theater with $7,120; Variance launched One Cut of the Dead in two theaters with an estimated $6,200; IFC's The Sound of Silence also opened in two locations, debuting with an estimated $6,148; Abramorama's Cracked Up brought in $5,580 from one theater; and Matson's Desolation Center opened in three theaters with $5,356 ($1,785 PTA).

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September 13-15, 2019 Weekend Studio Estimates:


1. It: Chapter Two $40,735,000 / $153,803,524
2. Hustlers $33,230,000
3. Angel Has Fallen $4,400,000 / $60,380,418
4. Good Boys $4,260,000 / $73,316,735
5. The Lion King $3,555,000 / $533,992,775
6. Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw $2,770,000 / $168,317,320
7. Overcomer $2,735,000 / $28,987,768
8. The Goldfinch $2,640,000
9. The Peanut Butter Falcon $1,921,127 / $15,043,769
10. Dora and the Lost City of Gold $1,850,000 / $56,743,567