Two years on from the original and the sequel hits the top spot on its debut, although with less impact and less favourable reviews.
The Andy Muschietti directed movie takes $185 Million on its global debut from 76 countries.
The franchise movie starring Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham falls to 2 this week with $19.4 Million from 76 countries.
After 6 weeks of release the movie has now taken a very respectable $719.7 Million which puts it on the lower end of the Fast & Furious movies.
Disneys remake continues to pull in audiences across the world as it take $17.5 Million from 51 countries on its 9the weekend.
The film is now at $1.59 Billion total gross and it will become only the 7th movie to cross $1.6 Billion.
Quentin Tarantino's most successful film to date is at number 4 this week with a weekend gross of $15.1 Million from 60 countries taking its total to $310.5 after 7 weeks.
Falling to number 5 after 3 weeks of release in the threequel movie starring Gerard Butler and Morgan Freeman which takes $8 Million from 44 countries pushing its total to $97.3 Million.