Not to get too cute about it, but Stephen King is an unquestioned king of the horror genre. His prolific work as an author alone would make him a legend, but it helps a great deal that many of his stories have been adapted into movies over the years. 2017's "It" became the biggest horror movie ever with over $700 million at the box office . So, despite very stiff competition, can the long-awaited big adaptation of King's "The Long Walk" overcome the odds and become another winner? Or is this hill too steep to climb?

As of this writing, "The Long Walk" is expected to pull in between $6 and $11 million domestically when it opens next weekend, per Box Office Theory . That is, admittedly, a not-so-big number. Though the budget hasn't been revealed, director Francis Lawrence ("Constantine"

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