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Smile 2 and Terrifying 3 are simultaneously conquering the box office. Both horror titles are sequels to successful 2022 releases, with Terrifying 3 – the latest bloody movie from the villain Art the Clown – which opened last weekend with US$18.9 million, surpassing the entire US$15.7 million of the previous film, which had a tiny budget of US$250 thousand . THE Smile 2 The release – which sees pop star Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) cursed by the sinister smiling entity – has even bigger shoes to fill, as the original became the highest-grossing horror title of 2022, grossing $217.4 million against its $17 million budget.
Put Deadlinefrom Saturday morning, Smile 2 is projected to take the top spot starting the second weekend of Terrifying 3 with a projected total of $23 million over the three-day opening weekend. This is the first time that two different horror films have held the top spot on consecutive weekends since the release of the original. Smile in 2022, which was usurped by the slasher sequel End of Halloween after two weekends at the top of the chart. Its total almost exactly matches the original 2022 film, which debuted with $22.6 million.
Meanwhile, for The wrap, Terrifying 3 is projected to gross an additional $9.5 million, which would be about a 49% drop from its opening weekend. Horror films typically see huge drops in second weekends, which can often reach 60% or more, so this is a very solid result. This drops the hit horror film to third place in its second weekend as its cumulative domestic total reaches $36.4 million.
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