The 2017 adaptation of Stephen King's It enjoyed a US$123.4 million opening weekend in U.S. theaters. Halloween, the 2018 sequel to the '70s horror classic, grabbed US$76.2 million.
Us is also notably on track to record the second-biggest opening weekend of 2019. Only Captain Marvel is ahead of it, with a US$153.4 million opening weekend. For now, at least. Us is likely to slide down this particular chart as new Avengers and Star Wars movies surface in 2019, not to mention Disney's busy slate of live-action remakes (Aladdin, Dumbo, and The Lion King will all be out before 2020).
This is also the second feature effort for Peele after his breakout 2017 hit, Get Out. That earlier film enjoyed a considerably smaller US$33.7 million haul during its opening weekend, but it went on to gross more than US$176 million in total, the third highest among R-rated horror movies.