Mbox office11/20/2022 ![]() It has opened in 74 markets thus far, nabbing opening weekends over/under $1 million in France, Mexico and Italy, and is overall tracking ahead of The Lost City, House of Gucci and Last Christmas. Since the film cost around $60 million, it’s well on its way to being a theatrical hit. The Ol Parker-directed George Clooney/Julia Roberts/Kaitlyn Dever rom-com, about two divorced parents who team up to sabotage their daughter’s wedding (and presumably fall back into love/lust), expanded into 16 international markets and brought its cume past $60 million. Universal’s Ticket to Paradise continued to kick butt overseas before its October 21 domestic debut. Still Photography on the set of "Ticket To Paradise" Stills Photography by Vince Vali It’s another win for horror, which has been almost single-handedly keeping theaters alive amid the Covid-era recovery in between tentpoles. ![]() With $89 million worldwide, it’s another triumph for the Viacom-owned studio which has been having a theatrical comeback for the ages (with Babylon still on deck for Christmas). #Mbox office movieThink Gladiator becoming the big summer event movie of 2000 even as Mission: Impossible II still earned more or Paranormal Activity riding into theaters just as Saw was wearing out its welcome in 2009. Smile, intended as a Paramount+ premiere until strong test screening results changed its fate, has positioned itself as the event film of the Halloween season. Halloween Ends will surely top next weekend, but Smile and Barbarian (a $2.1 million weekend and $36 million 31-day total after a mere 26% drop) may linger longer in the zeitgeist. The hold is another sign that a B- Cinemascore is closer to an A regarding horror. Georgina Campbell as Tess in 20th Century Studios' BARBARIAN, exclusively on Hulu. I’m not saying that’ll happen here (Halloween Ends and Black Adam may have something to say about that), but that I’m even reminded of it is very encouraging. The DreamWorks release added 653 theaters in weekend two and jumped 23% for an $18.5 million second weekend, with no Fri-Sun frames below $10 million until weekend six. Apples and oranges, but the much-loved Gore Verbinski-directed remake of The Ring earned $15 million on its opening weekend in just 1,981 theaters. ![]() That’s a hold right between Get Out (-15% after a $33.3 million debut in 2017) and A Quiet Place (-34% after a $50 million debut in 2018). More importantly, the $17 million, R-rated original (based on Parker Finn’s short film) earned another $17.6 million, dropping just 22% and bringing its ten-day domestic cume to $49.895 million. In holdover box office news, Paramount’s PARA PARA Smile topped the box office for the second time in a row. Caitlin Stasey in Paramount Pictures Presents in Association with Paramount Players A Temple Hill Production "SMILE." ©2022 Paramount Players, a Division of Paramount Pictures ![]()
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