It has done it.
The new horror film, based on Stephen King’s 1986 bestseller, got off to a record-setting start in its preview night Thursday, Variety reported.
The Andy Muschietti-directed film, which stars Bill Skarsgard as the evil clown Pennywise, racked up $13.5 million in opening receipts, the most ever for a September movie, a horror film, a motion picture with an R-rating and any films previously adapted from King’s works.
