Paramount and Temple Mount are smiling broadly.
their new movie, smile 2The film won the domestic box office race with an estimated $23 million after taking in $9.4 million last Friday, including more than $2 million in previews. This would make the film debut earlier than the first film SmileThe not-so-popular film debuted in late September 2022, grossing $22.6 million against a budget of $17 million, and has grossed more than $217 million worldwide.
Once again written and directed by Park Finn, the film follows a malevolent spirit who overtakes its owner through a demonic grin, this time causing huge consequences for a troubled pop star (Naomi Scott). trauma. hollywood reportermovie reviews. Scott stars alongside Lucas Gage, Rosemary DeWitt and Miles Gutierrez-Riley. The budget this time was $28 million, which wasn’t a huge amount for a major studio.
smile 2 It received a B CinemaScore from audiences, the same score as the first film. It must fend off competition from retaining killer images terrorist 3Despite being unrated and with zero TV ads, it opened with $18.9 million last weekend.
terrorist 3The film from Cineverse is expected to hold the No. 3 spot on the weekend charts with $9 million to $10 million, keeping its domestic total at about $26 million against a production budget of $2 million.
Some speculate that DreamWorks/Universal Pictures wild robot are benefiting from terrorist 3 Because the theater won’t let anyone under 17 watch the latter without an adult. (Exhibitors considered it an R-rated film.) Rival studios suspected teens were buying tickets to see wild robot then sneak in terrorist 3 (for smile 2which is rated R).
one way or another, wild robot The film, which can be watched domestically via premium video on demand, firmly held the No. 2 spot in its fourth weekend of release, with the domestic box office surpassing the $100 million mark.
Sean Baker headlines awards box office Anoraopening in five locations in New York City and Los Angeles. The Neon-produced feature about a sex worker who falls in love with the son of a Russian oligarch won the prestigious Palme d’Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. Anora The per-theater average was around $108,000, its best showing since Wes Anderson asteroid city last year.
Over the weekend, several Oscar contenders underperformed when they chose to release nationally rather than on the platform, including Jason Reitman’s film saturday night.
An update is expected Sunday morning.
