FILM · 2017 · USA

It

Directed by

Andy Muschietti

Runtime

135 min

Studio

New Line Cinema, Vertigo Entertainment, Lin Pictures

275 archived facts · 8 topics · 1 source · Last reviewed Sep 2026

In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.

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9 Facts From the Making of It

1. #009

   It surpassed The Green Mile (1999) as the highest-grossing film adaptation of a Stephen King story.

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2. #025

   It grossed $123 million in its opening weekend in North America, setting a horror film record and earning more than double the previous record holder, Paranormal Activity 3 (2011), while also becoming the second-biggest R-rated opening ever after Deadpool (2016). Box office analysts also estimate that ticket revenue would have been 5-6% higher if Hurricane Irma had not closed a significant number of theaters in Florida.

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3. #103

   The film is one of the highest-grossing R-rated films of all time, with over 700 million dollars at the worldwide box office.

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4. #109
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   While the Losers' Club talks about their fears and Derry's dark past during the July 4 town celebration, the giant statue of Paul Bunyan stands behind them. In the novel, Pennywise brings the Paul Bunyan statue to life and chases the adult Richie through the town. This scene did not happen in the miniseries because of its limited budget and because technology at the time was not sufficiently advanced. However, the scene does happen in the sequel It: Chapter Two (2019), though the statue chases the young Richie.

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5. #110

   Because it was released 27 years after the 1990 It miniseries, this film is often perceived as a remake. It is actually a new adaptation of the same story, and it is the first official theatrical adaptation of the novel It.

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6. #114

   Only eight days after its release, it became the highest-grossing September film of all time and the highest-grossing horror film of all time.

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7. #210
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   The famous Smoke Hole scene, which explains the alien origin in the novel, was cut from this adaptation due to budget constraints. It is therefore presumed that the novel's thrilling Ritual of Chüd was also cut because of its ties to the Smoke Hole scene. Both scenes were also missing from the 1990 miniseries. However, both scenes appeared in the sequel It: Chapter Two (2019).

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8. #226

   After Cary Joji Fukunaga's departure, Andy Muschietti proposed a film that used most of the Fukunaga/Palmer script but added more famous scenes from the book. Muschietti himself did most of the rewrite, while Gary Dauberman made some final touches to the last version to bring the film back to its original budget.

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9. #230
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   Unlike the 1990 miniseries adaptation, the film shows blood and violence on screen, particularly in the deaths of other victims, including George Denbrough (whose death was off-screen in It (1990)) and Betty Ripsom. The film also includes Henry Bowers carving the letter H into Ben Hanscom's stomach, a scene that was begun but never finished in the 1990 adaptation.

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