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'It' Floats To a Record-Breaking $123 Million Opening

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By Brad Hornsby

(RADIO ALICE) - Warner Bros. reboot of Stephen King's It dominated the weekend box office becoming the largest opening weekend for a horror film ever.

The previous record of $52.5 million was, according to Box Office Mojo, held by Paranormal Activity 3.

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The strong opening puts It in the top 20 highest grossing films of 2017.

The Weekend's Top Ten Movies Were:

  1. It
  2. Home Again
  3. The Hitman's Bodyguard
  4. Annabelle: Creation
  5. Wind River
  6. Leap!
  7. Spider-Man: Homecoming
  8. Dunkirk
  9. Logan Lucky
  10. The Emoji Movie
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