These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during August 2017.

Argentinian director Andres Muschietti’s adaptation of Stephen King’s It debuted with $117.8 million, the third best opening of 2017, setting numerous box office records and boosting the slumping box office up 22% as Spider-Man Homecoming debuted in China and passed Wonder Woman's global total.

There has been much movement on geek-related cinema projects recently, and we round-up the happenings here.

Others include a new Henson Storyteller series, Hotel Transylvania news, highlights of kids titles shipping in November, the first Hanazuki graphic novel, and more.

This was the first Labor Day weekend in 25 years that didn’t include the debut of a new film in more than 1,000 theaters, and while that lack of competition led to minimal week-to-week drops for the holdovers, it also produced the lowest grossing Labor Day frame since 2000.

Michael Tierney of Collector's Edition and The Comic Book Store has issued a statement regarding Marvel's upcoming "Lenticular Homage Covers."

Hurricane Harvey shut down theaters in much of South Texas, and the much ballyhooed fight between boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and MMA fighter Conor McGregor helped lower Saturday attendance as Hollywood limped to the end of a disappointing summer season with the top 12 films earning the lowest amount registered since the weeks following the 9/11 attack.

This week, columnist Steve Bennett comments on the recent movies Spider-Man: Homecoming and Valerian .

In Marvel’s ongoing marketing push for Marvel Legacy , the publisher has revealed more covers and creative teams.

The R-rated action comedy The Hitman’s Bodyguard , which stars Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds topped the weekend box office with a better-than-expected $21.5 million, but Hollywood’s late summer swoon continued as ticket revenues were down 44.7% from the same weekend last year.