ⓘ Details

Movie TitleIT

Release DateSeptember 8, 2017 in the United States

TaglineYou’ll float too.

Runtime135 minutes / 2 hours 15 minutes

DirectorAndy Muschietti

Screenplay Written ByChase Palmer, Cary Fukunaga, and Gary Dauberman

Based OnStephen King’s 1986 novel It

Is It a Remake?Not exactly. It is a new theatrical adaptation of Stephen King’s novel and the first half of a two-film version, following the earlier 1990 TV miniseries adaptation.

BudgetApproximately $35 million per Box Office Mojo

Box OfficeApprox. $328.9 million domestic / Approx. $704.2 million worldwide

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👥 Main Cast

Jaeden MartellBill Denbrough

Jeremy Ray TaylorBen Hanscom

Sophia LillisBeverly Marsh

Finn WolfhardRichie Tozier

Chosen JacobsMike Hanlon

Jack Dylan GrazerEddie Kaspbrak

Wyatt OleffStanley Uris

Bill SkarsgårdPennywise

Nicholas HamiltonHenry Bowers

Jackson Robert ScottGeorgie Denbrough

Owen TeaguePatrick Hockstetter

Logan ThompsonVictor Criss

Jake SimBelch Huggins

Stephen BogaertAl Marsh

Geoffrey PounsettZack Denbrough

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🏆 Awards

⭐ MTV Movie & TV Award Winner — Best On-Screen Team

⭐ Saturn Award Nominee — Best Horror Film

⭐ Saturn Award Nominee — Best Performance by a Younger Actor, Sophia Lillis

⭐ Saturn Award Nominee — Best Make-Up

⭐ Critics’ Choice Movie Award Nominee — Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie

⭐ Empire Award Nominee — Best Horror

⭐ No Academy Award nominations were verified for the film.

⭐ No Golden Globe nominations were verified for the film.

⭐ No BAFTA nominations were verified for the film.

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📖 Short Plot Summary

In the town of Derry, Maine, children are disappearing, including young Georgie Denbrough. His older brother Bill and a group of bullied outsiders known as the Losers Club begin investigating the town’s dark pattern of violence and discover an ancient, shape-shifting evil that feeds on fear. Appearing most often as Pennywise the Dancing Clown, the creature forces each kid to confront personal trauma before the group descends into the sewers to fight back together.

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❝ Key Quotes

“You’ll float too.” — Pennywise

“We all float down here.” — Pennywise

“Beep beep, Richie.” — Bill Denbrough

“I am the eater of worlds.” — Pennywise

“If we stick together, all of us, we’ll win.” — Bill Denbrough

“Welcome to the Losers Club.” — Richie Tozier

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💡 Trivia

Director

IT was directed by Andy Muschietti, who previously directed the horror film Mama.
Muschietti directed both IT and its 2019 sequel IT: Chapter Two.
The 2017 film focuses on the childhood section of Stephen King’s story, moving the kids’ timeline from the 1950s to the late 1980s.
The movie blends coming-of-age adventure with supernatural horror, giving the Losers Club as much focus as Pennywise.

Cast / Casting

Bill Skarsgård plays Pennywise, taking on the role previously made famous by Tim Curry in the 1990 miniseries.
Jaeden Martell, credited at the time as Jaeden Lieberher, plays Bill Denbrough.
Finn Wolfhard plays Richie Tozier shortly after breaking out on Stranger Things.
Sophia Lillis’ performance as Beverly Marsh became one of the film’s most praised elements.
The young cast’s chemistry helped turn the Losers Club into the emotional center of the film.

Soundtrack / Score

Benjamin Wallfisch composed the film’s score.
The score mixes childhood melancholy, eerie music-box textures, and aggressive horror cues for Pennywise’s attacks.
The film also uses period music to anchor the story in its late-1980s setting.
Wallfisch returned to score IT: Chapter Two, connecting both films musically.

Location

The story is set in Derry, Maine, Stephen King’s fictional town used in several of his works.
Production took place in Ontario, Canada.
Port Hope, Ontario, stood in for Derry in several exterior scenes.
Other filming locations included Toronto and the surrounding Ontario area.

Behind-The-Scenes

The screenplay was written by Chase Palmer, Cary Fukunaga, and Gary Dauberman.
New Line Cinema, KatzSmith Productions, Vertigo Entertainment, and Lin Pictures were among the production companies involved.
Warner Bros. Pictures released the film domestically on September 8, 2017.
Box Office Mojo lists the production budget at approximately $35 million.
The film opened to more than $123 million domestically, setting a major opening-weekend record for horror at the time.

Nostalgia

The film updates King’s original childhood timeline to the 1980s, leaning into bikes, arcades, summer freedom, and analog horror vibes.
Its mix of kid friendship and small-town terror helped it appeal to fans of both Stephen King and coming-of-age adventure stories.
Pennywise’s red balloon imagery became instantly recognizable again for a new generation.
The movie revived mainstream interest in theatrical Stephen King horror adaptations and helped launch a wave of renewed King projects.

Easter Eggs

The Losers Club dynamic directly echoes the bond at the center of Stephen King’s novel.
The 27-year cycle is key to Pennywise’s mythology and also became a clever real-world talking point because the film arrived 27 years after the 1990 miniseries.
The Derry missing-child posters and background details build the sense that the town’s horror has been repeating for generations.
The Neibolt House works as a central haunted-house location that gathers several of the kids’ fears into one place.
The ending sets up the adult storyline adapted in IT: Chapter Two.

Misc.

IT is rated R for violence/horror, bloody images, and language.
Rotten Tomatoes summarizes the film as a well-acted, fiendishly frightening adaptation with an emotionally affecting story at its core.
The movie became one of the highest-grossing horror films of all time.
Box Office Mojo lists the original domestic gross at approximately $328.9 million and the worldwide gross at approximately $704.2 million.
Your 3 Guys and a Flick ratings page lists It as Episode 83, with Don rating it 4.00, Ken rating it 2.00, Jon rating it 4.25, and an overall rating of 3.42.

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