It Chapter Two opened in theatres worldwide on Friday. The movie is the sequel to the 2017 film, It, which was the highest-earning horror movie at the global box office. It Chapter 2 fell a few million dollars short of beating the record of its predecessor at the box office over the first weekend. The new movie raked in $91 million at the domestic box office and $185 million worldwide. Whereas, the first film opened its weekend with $123 million domestic window and $189 million worldwide. But still, the good news is that the only horror movie ahead of It Chapter 2 is its first part. It Chapter 2 Movie Review: Scares and Laughs Galore, The Loser Club's Final Battle With Pennywise Is Worth It.

For LatestLY, Rajat Tripathi reviewed the It Chapter 2. He wrote, "The first film wasn't solely about the terror spread by the evil dancing-clown, played by Bill Skarsgård. Subtly, but it was also about the horrors of sexual abuse, racism, and bullying. It Chapter 2, thankfully, maintains the tone and talks about homophobia, domestic abuse, and, of course, childhood trauma. The major theme in the film is that you don't absolutely outgrow what you were as a kid. You keep running into the same problems as an adult as you did as a kid until you face your demons head-on. Beverly Marsh gets out of the clutches of her father's abuse but ends up marrying a very similar douchebag. Same goes for hypochondriac Eddie. Ben Hanscom, though now hot, is still a fat kid inside. The makers successfully mask the lack of character development in the comfort of this familiarity of the characters." It Chapter 2: Bill Hader Did Not Want to Be Coy About Richie Tozier's Sexuality, Says 'It Wasn’t Just Lust, It’s Truly Love'.

It Chapter 2 has been directed by Andy Muschietti and screenplay is by Gary Dauberman. It features the grownup members of The Losers Club, played by Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy and Bill Hader. The characters return to their town Derry, to fight he Pennywise, the dancing clown, once again after 27 years.

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