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After several consecutive weekends of disappointment, the US box office received a monstrous jolt from “It.”<\/p>\n

The critically acclaimed remake had earned an impressive $51.0 million by the close of Friday (Thursday screenings included)<\/p>\n

The figure already<\/i> represents an opening weekend record for September — “It” still has Saturday and Sunday on which to extend that record.<\/p>\n

By early Saturday, it will have broken the opening weekend record for R-rated horror films (current record-holder “Paranormal Activity 3” earned $52.6 million).<\/p>\n

“It” is expected to close the weekend with over $100-110 million in opening weekend receipts. The figure would rank as the #2 all-time opening for an R-rated film. The $132.4 million record set by “Deadpool” seems unattainable at this point.<\/p>\n

“It” did, however, have a bigger opening day than “Deadpool.” Its Friday tally of $51.0 million bests the $47.3 million earned by “Deadpool” and, in fact, ranks as an all-time record.<\/p>\n

“It” faced no meaningful competition Friday. “Home Again,” the #2 film, earned just $3.1 million.<\/p>\n

“The Hitman’s Bodyguard” took #3 with $1.4 million, while a daily gross of $1.2 million earned “Annabelle: Creation” the #4 position.<\/p>\n

“Wind River,” which added just under $1 million to its haul, was the day’s #5 film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“It” got off to an absolutely mammoth start at the US box office.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[36,1050],"tags":[9532,9666,8922,9574,9614],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n"It" Dominates US Friday Box Office, Quickly Breaks September Opening Weekend Record<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After several consecutive weekends of disappointment, the US box office received a monstrous jolt from "It." 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