As they say, IT was only a matter of time (ah-yuck) and now the whole mess is official, director Andres Muschietti's take on STEPHEN KING'S IT is now the highest-grossing horror movie of all-time.
At least according to some…
Yesterday, IT snatched up $3.9 million at the box-office making it's gross (thus far) a staggering $236.34 million officially putting the film ahead of the reigning horror box office champ, THE EXORCIST and that film's $232.9 million gross – in just 14 days.
That said, if THE EXORCIST's gross was adjusted for inflation, the film would have made just under $1 BILLION at the domestic box-office with a total of $983.3 million. But this isn't how box-office works so:
Hoo-ray for IT!
But then again… this is if you don't consider the following films to be "horror movies": I AM LEGEND ($256.3), JAWS ($260.0), and THE SIXTH SENSE ($293.5)… not that it matters one way or the other as IT will surly out-gross these films by the end of its run.
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