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.

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.

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.

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.

Marvel has revealed more covers and creative teams for the Marvel Legacy initiative.

These are estimates of the sales on comic books by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during July 2017.

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

Warner Bros. scored another much needed win as Annabelle: Creation , the fourth film in the doll-themed horror franchise, easily took the box office crown with an impressive $35 million debut, but it wasn't enough to stop Hollywood's summer slump.

Michael Breakfield of Lone Star Comics in Arlington, Texas, comments on Marvel Comics recent plans to return to "Legacy" numbering.