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After Hollywood limped through a dismal summer movie season, Warner Bros. and New Line’s big-screen adaptation of Stephen King’s It is on track to gross a stellar $117.2 million in the U.S. and Canada in its first weekend, far surpassing industry projections and the competition.

The opening should break several box office records, including the largest September debut (previously set by Hotel Transylvania 2‘s $48.5 million in 2015) and the largest opening for a horror movie. It also marks the second-best opening for an R-rated movie (behind Deadpool‘s $132.4 million) and the third-highest opening of 2017 (behind Beauty and the Beast and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2). In addition to its 4,103 locations in North America, It is expected to take in about $62 million from 10,665 screens in international markets.

Directed by Andy Muschietti (Mama), It stars Finn Wolfhard, Sophia Lillis, Jaeden Lieberher, Jack Dylan Grazer, Chosen Jacobs, Wyatt Oleff, and Jeremy Ray Taylor as a group of unpopular kids in small-town Maine who are forced to confront their greatest fears when an evil presence (the eponymous “It”) starts preying on local children. Bill Skarsgard plays Pennywise, the demonic clown manifested by It.

The weekend’s other new wide release, Open Road’s romantic comedy Home Again, is on pace for a distant second place with an estimated $9 million. Directed by Hallie Meyers-Shyer, daughter of rom-com master Nancy Meyers, the film stars Reese Witherspoon as as a single mom in Los Angeles whose life takes a turn when she lets three young men crash in her guest cottage.

Rounding out the top five are Lionsgate’s action-comedy The Hitman’s Bodyguard ($4.9 million), Warner Bros. and New Line’s chiller Annabelle: Creation ($4 million), and the Weinstein Co.’s crime thriller Wind River ($3.2 million).

Check out the Sept. 8-10 figures below:

1. It — $117.2 million
2. Home Again — $9 million
3. The Hitman’s Bodyguard — $4.9 million
4. Annabelle: Creation — $4 million
5. Wind River — $3.2 million
6. Leap! — $2.5 million
7. Spider-Man: Homecoming — $2 million
8. Dunkirk — $2 million
9. Logan Lucky — $1.8 million
10. The Emoji Movie — $1.1 million

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Let’s face it, this summer’s US box office has been a complete bust, with figures at the lowest for a decade, and it’s now turned out to be the worst Labor Day weekend in over two decades.

Revenue for the holiday weekend is expected to land at around $100 million, which is down 22 percent from last year – and there have been no big releases either.

As for the current chart, there are no new entries in the top 10, and so it hasn’t dramatically changed from last week really, according to Box Office Mojo.

The Hitman’s Bodyguard is still holding tough onto the top spot in its third week taking $10,250,000 over the weekend.

The comedy, which stars Ryan Reynolds as a celebrity bodyguard tasked with protecting a legendary hitman played by Samuel L Jackson, has now made $54,944,214 so far.

Horror sequel Annabelle: Creation is still sitting at number two, with a weekend revenue of $7,300,000 and almost $89 million gross total against a $15 million budget – it seems people still like a fright even when it’s not Halloween.

The third spot is held by Wind River which took $5,863,074 this weekend and Leap!, which stars Elle Fanning as an aspiring ballerina, is at number four after pulling in $4,886,923.

Logan Lucky, starring Channing Tatum and Adam Driver attempting a heist at NASCAR remains at number five, but still struggling to even hit its $29 million budget.

The weekend’s top 10 US box office in full:

1. The Hitman’s Bodyguard – $10,250,00
2. Annabelle: Creation – $7,300,000
3. Wind River – $5,863,074
4. Leap! – $4,886,923
5. Logan Lucky – $4,421,125
6. Dunkirk – $4,125,000
7. Spider-Man: Homecoming – $3,650,000
8. The Emoji Movie – $2,450,000
9. Despicable Me 3 – $2,360,175
10. Girls Trip – $2,322,430

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The Hitman’s Bodyguard has protected its slot at the top of the US Box Office, netting $10,050,000 over the weekend.

The comedy, which stars Ryan Reynolds as a celebrity bodyguard tasked with protecting a legendary hitman played by Samuel L. Jackson, has now made $39,614,004 in two weeks according to Box Office Mojo.

Horror sequel Annabelle: Creation has to settle for second place, having made $7,350,000 over the weekend.

Third place is taken by new animated release Leap!, which stars Elle Fanning as an aspiring ballerina.

The film earned $5,015,500 over the weekend.

Wind River rises six places from number 10 to number four, after earning $4,410,610. Wind River, which stars Jeremy Renner, follows an FBI agent as he teams up with a veteran game tracker to investigate a murder.

The top five is completed by Logan Lucky, which has fallen two places over the past week.

The comedy, which stars Channing Tatum and Adam Driver as brothers trying to pull off a heist during a NASCAR race in North Carolina, made $4,366,894 over the weekend.

The weekend’s top 10 US box office in full:

1. The Hitman’s Bodyguard — $10 million
2. Annabelle: Creation — $7.3 million
3. Leap! — $5 million
4. Wind River — $4.4 million
5. Logan Lucky — $4.3 million
6. Dunkirk — $3.9 million
7. Spider-Man: Homecoming — $2.7 million
8. Birth Of The Dragon — $2.5 million
9. Mayweather vs. McGregor — $2.4 million
10. The Emoji Movie — $2.3 million

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The Hitman’s Bodyguard has fired straight to the top of the US box office for the opening weekend, snatching the number one spot from Annabelle: Creation, which falls to number two.

The Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds film grossed $21,600,000 against a $29 million budget, so not exactly setting anything on fire, but it still isn’t that horrific.

Quite surprisingly, debuting in the third spot is Logan Lucky which took just $8,050,182 in its opening weekend, again against a $29 million pre-marketing budget, which is pretty terrible really.

Starring Daniel Craig, Channing Tatum and Adam Driver, Logan Lucky was probably expecting to do much better really, especially when you factor in the awesome cast, but like we said before – summer.

Thanks to those two new releases, Dunkirk falls to four this week after taking $6,700,000 this weekend, making it $165,508,079 since its release five weeks ago.

Rounding out the top five is The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature, which grossed $5,113,278 this weekend – totalling $17,696,923 so far, which is massively below its $40 million budget.

The rest of the top 10 this week consists of The Emoji Movie, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Girls Trip, The Dark Tower and Wind River.

Check out the Aug. 18-20 figures below:

1. The Hitman’s Bodyguard — $21.6 million
2. Annabelle: Creation — $15.5 million
3. Logan Lucky — $8.1 million
4. Dunkirk — $6.7 million
5. The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature — $5.1 million
6. The Emoji Movie — $4.4 million
7. Spider-Man: Homecoming — $4.3 million
8. Girls Trip — $3.8 million
9. The Dark Tower — $3.7 million
10. Wind River — $3 million

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Despite being summer, it seems that a lot of people were in the mood for a grown-up horror film.

Box Office Mojo reports that Annabelle: Creation, the fourth film in The Conjuring series, has debuted atop the US Box Office this weekend.

The film grossed $35,040,000, which might be the lowest opening weekend the series has had so far, but is still more than double its $15 million budget (before you factor in marketing costs, of course).

Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk holds steady in second place with a $11,405,000 weekend gross, while The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature fails to open to double figures with $8.9 million.

Last week’s number one movie, the critically disappointing The Dark Tower, fell from the top to fourth place in its second week, grossing $7,875,000. The Stephen King adaptation has so far grossed just over $34 million in the US, well below its $60 million pre-marketing budget.

Rounding out the top five is The Emoji Movie, which made $6,580,000 in its third week.

The rest of the top ten consists of Girls Trip, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Kidnap, new entry The Glass Castle and Atomic Blonde in that order.

Check out the Aug. 11-13 figures below:

1. Annabelle: Creation — $35 million
2. Dunkirk — $11.4 million
3. The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature — $8.9 million
4. The Dark Tower — $7.9 million
5. The Emoji Movie — $6.6 million
6. Girls Trip — $6.5 million
7. Spider-Man: Homecoming — $6.1 million
8. Kidnap — $ 5.2 million
9. The Glass Castle — $4.9 million
10. Atomic Blonde — $4.6 million

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