In 1973, The Exoricst made 232.9 Million dollars. in the 44 years since, no other horror movie has made more. The Exorcist has held the record for highest grossing horror movie of all time for 44 years!!!! Now, finally, a new movie has emerged that will not only top the Exorcist, its going to blow by with ease. It indeed is a matter of "when" not "if" IT will become the highest grossing horror movie of all time. Since we know were are going to be witnessing a historical box office run, I thought it'd be fun to follow IT day by day as it works its way toward passing the Exorcist. We'll also look at other notable movies IT will pass every day. Again, it can not be stated enough how historical this box office run will be. Horror movies traditionally just dont make a lot of money. The demographic is too small. R rated horror movies usually make even less because they cut out teenagers, a large part of horror movie demographics. So for IT to be making as much as it is is something that is going to be unprecented to watch.
IT Monday 9/11 Box Office Total: 8.8 Million Dollars
Total Through Monday 9/11 (4 Days): 132.2 Million Dollars (100.7 Million Behind Exorcist)
Notable Movies IT Passed for all time money made on Monday 9/11: Silence of the Lambs, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Transformers: The Last Knight, The Ring
All Time Box Office Rank: 415
Other Notable Accomplishments: 79.7% of all people who bought a movie ticket over the weekend bought their ticket to see IT. This is the 5th highest percentage of people seeing one movie in a weekend ever.
Top Ten All Time Horror Movies
1. The Exorcist: 232.9 Million
2. Get Out: 175.5 Million
3. What Lies Beneath: 155.5 Million
4. Gremlins: 153.1 Million
5. The Blair Witch Project: 140.6 Million
6. The Conjuring: 137.4 Million
7. IT: 132.2 Million
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