Just saw the big screen adaption of Stephen Kings masterpiece It; Not bad.  

I would give it a higher rating than the made for TV miniseries.  Skarsgaard was excellent as the titular baddie Pennywise, possibly surpassing Tim Curry's take on the character.  The overall cast was pitch perfect as well.  I haven't read the book myself but the guy sitting next to me said it cut out a lot from the story. 

I would give it 7 out of 10 stars.

Did it seem to set up a sequel where they are all adults? The book was a time-shifted flashback novel where the kids are fighting the evil and also as adults they are reconvening because the evil has returned. Is this one just the kid story, leaving an adult era sequel out there?

IT opens with an astounding $117 million three-day gross.

For comparison, these other horror hits of the last decade made this much in their ENTIRE domestic runs:

The Conjuring $137 million
The Conjuring 2 $102 million
Paranormal Activity $107 million
Paranormal Activity 3 $104 million
Insidious $54 million
Annabelle $84 million
Annabelle Creation $96 million

Safe to say the sequel is going to get made. I'll see it but the best part of the story was when they were kids.

Already the highest-grossing film adaptation of a Stephen King work.

People love clowns.

Now we will get more killer clown movies!

Killer Klowns From Outer Space is a nifty cult classic with a cool theme song by the Dickies.

If you read the book, you know that IT is also a killer clown from outer space.

...kinda.

Nothing beats the killer clown of American Horror Story!

Real life clowns aren't to happy about IT.
http://www.businessinsider.com/professi ... ess-2017-9

We had numerous sights of scary clowns around these parts over a year ago, where did they all go?

If you love scary clowns and loved IT, don't miss this season of American Horror Story, tons of clowns!

Given IT's blockbuster performance, and the fact that there are several King adaptations in the works, here are the ones that I think could duplicate the success of IT.

FIRESTARTER
It's got a focus on a kid, it's got superpowers...slam dunk.

DOCTOR SLEEP
For the nostalgia kick, you can market it as a sequel to The Shining. They should just give Christopher Nolan whatever money he wants to adapt it.

THE GIRL WHO LOVED TOM GORDON
This would be entirely up to the casting, and the director, since it's a survival story of a little girl lost in the woods.

THE TALISMAN
I've never actually read this one. Something about Peter Straub kept me away, but I've read about the adaptation that Spielberg was going to do, and it sounded right up his alley.

I think a remake of the Dead Zone would be well-received.

The Talisman is excellent. I'm not sure it'd be a great movie, maybe more of a mini-series for TV, but it was a great read.

It's certainly topical, and it's in my top 5 Stephen King stories of all time. I think the Walken movie is so iconic, and the TV show so recent (and bland, too) that it kind of taints the idea in any producer's mind.