{"id":81461,"date":"2022-09-29T06:44:59","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T06:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/smile-looking-to-surprise-this-weekend-deadline\/"},"modified":"2022-09-29T06:44:59","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T06:44:59","slug":"smile-looking-to-surprise-this-weekend-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/smile-looking-to-surprise-this-weekend-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Smile&#8217; Looking To Surprise This Weekend \u2013 Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>There might be a box office surprise this weekend in Paramount&#8217;s horror movie <em><strong>smile<\/strong>. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yes, we&#8217;re serious.<\/p>\n<p>The pic, from writer-director Parker Finn, was developed by Paramount Players, and the studio took a wait-and-see approach as to where would land \u2014 on Paramount+ or theatrical.  Then Paramount held a test screening, and <em>smile <\/em>played to great results with fans literally shouting at the screen.  The teens-budgeted movie is looking at a <strong>high-teens millions<\/strong> start this weekend, but rivals believe $20 million-plus could be a possibility from 3,600 locations.  The R-rated movie is hot with the 17-34 set as well as Latino-Hispanic and Black moviegoers.  Previews start at 7 pm Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>50 Classic Halloween Movies: A Deadline Gallery<\/p>\n<p>Paramount announced the release date in late May after late September freed up.  The distributor has concentrated a bulk of its spending on digital, as well as spots during sports games.  The first trailer that dropped three months ago has racked up an amazing 125 million worldwide views, and has also trailered on such movies as <em>Bullet Train, Black Phone <\/em>and <em>beast <\/em>this summer.  The pic recently played Fantastic Fest in Austin, TX.<\/p>\n<p>Critics have given it an 84% fresh rating;  for a pop film to earn such grades it&#8217;s a very good sign for box office prospects.  The last notable horror movie to open big was Universal\/Blumhouse&#8217;s <em>blackphone, <\/em>which opened to $23.6M and had an amazing 3.8 times multiple near $90M.  Good horror has proven its worthiness for the big screen.  Again, <em>smile <\/em>could surprise.<\/p>\n<p>Logline: After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr.  Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) begins experiencing frightening occurrences she can&#8217;t explain.  She must confront her troubling past in order to survive and escape her horrifying new reality.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the pic&#8217;s second trailer:<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SMILE | Final Trailer (2022 Movie)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-8d987Wtkxs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--embedded alignleft\" style=\"width: 296px;\">\n<p>\t<noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-dl-article-body wp-image-1235130058\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bros-e1664407579761.jpg?resize=296%2C166&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Brooch\" width=\"296\" height=\"166\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption u-flex u-flex-direction-column pmc-u-font-family-helvetica pmc-u-padding-tb-025 u-border-color-grey-medium-light u-border-b-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pmc-u-font-weight-bold pmc-u-font-size-12\">&#8216;Brooch&#8217;<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pmc-u-font-weight-light pmc-u-font-size-12 pmc-u-color-grey-medium-dark\">Universal<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>smile <\/em>is up against <em><strong>Brooch<\/strong>, <\/em>the Nic Stoller-directed Billy Eichner starring and co-scripted romantic comedy from Universal.  Eichner has publicized <em>Brooch <\/em>extensively and as the first LGBTQ studio comedy, and it is from a wide release perspective.  We can&#8217;t forget about the feature adaptation of Harvey Feinstein&#8217;s <em>Torch Song Trilogy, <\/em>which also starred the playwright (and who makes a cameo in <em>Brooch<\/em>);  that gay dramedy being distributed by New Line back in 1988, but was a limited release.  going way back, <em>The Boys in the Band, <\/em>was one of the first major motion pictures to revolve around gay characters back in 1970, that William Friedkin directed movie adapted from Matt Crowley&#8217;s 1968 Off Broadway play.  National General Pictures was the distributor.  The 1978 UA release <em>La Cage Aux Folles <\/em>broke through at the box office grossing over $20M, a hit back in its day.  MGM would remake that movie into <em>The Birdcage <\/em>in 1996 with Robin Williams, Nathan Lane and Gene Hackman;  that movie being an enormous hit at $124M domestic, $185.2M WW.<\/p>\n<p>Ticket sales for <em>Brooch<\/em> will come from the big cities, we&#8217;re told, at 3,300 theaters.  Unfortunately, the studio is only expecting a <strong>single digit opening<\/strong> at this point after <em>Brooch <\/em>received rave reviews from critics at 96% on Rotten Tomatoes following its TIFF world premiere.  Judd Apatow produced <em>Brooch. <\/em>Showtimes start at 5PM.  Previews start at 5PM on Thursday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--embedded alignright\" style=\"width: 296px;\">\n<p>\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-dl-article-body wp-image-1235108485\" alt=\"Don't Worry Darling\" width=\"296\" height=\"166\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Dont-Worry-Darling.webp?resize=296%2C166&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-dl-article-body wp-image-1235108485\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Dont-Worry-Darling.webp?resize=296%2C166&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Don't Worry Darling\" width=\"296\" height=\"166\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption u-flex u-flex-direction-column pmc-u-font-family-helvetica pmc-u-padding-tb-025 u-border-color-grey-medium-light u-border-b-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pmc-u-font-weight-bold pmc-u-font-size-12\">&#8216;Don&#8217;t Worry Darling&#8217;<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pmc-u-font-weight-light pmc-u-font-size-12 pmc-u-color-grey-medium-dark\">New Line Cinema<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last weekend&#8217;s No.  1 movie, Olivia Wilde&#8217;s <em><strong>Don&#8217;t Worry Darling<\/strong>, <\/em>is pacing slightly ahead in its first five days at the box office than <em>woman king<\/em> did.  The Florence Pugh-Harry Styles-Chris Pine movie has taken in $23M so far after a $2M Tuesday, +20% over a $1.66M Monday. <em>woman king <\/em>in its first 5 days grossed $22.6M. <em>Don&#8217;t Worry Darling <\/em>is expected to ease 55% to 60% in weekend 2 with around <strong>$7.7M<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n! function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    if (f.fbq) return;\n    n = f.fbq = function() {\n        n.callMethod ? n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n    }\n    ;\n    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n    n.push = n;\n    n.loaded = !0;\n    n.version = '2.0';\n    n.queue = [];\n    t = b.createElement(e);\n    t.async = !0;\n    t.src = v;\n    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n}(window, document, 'script', 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '422369225140645');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There might be a box office surprise this weekend in Paramount&#8217;s horror movie smile. Yes, we&#8217;re serious. The pic, from writer-director Parker Finn, was developed by Paramount Players, and the studio took a wait-and-see approach as to where would land \u2014 on Paramount+ or theatrical. Then Paramount held a test screening, and smile played to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/smile-looking-to-surprise-this-weekend-deadline\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8216;Smile&#8217; Looking To Surprise This Weekend \u2013 Deadline<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":82957,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/smile-sees-2m-previews-harry-styles-dont-worry-darling-clears-25m-deadline\/","url_meta":{"origin":81461,"position":0},"title":"&#8216;Smile&#8217; Sees $2M Previews, Harry Styles&#8217; &#8216;Don&#8217;t Worry Darling&#8217; Clears $25M \u2013 Deadline","date":"September 30, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Paramount's horror movie smile struck up $2M in Thursday night previews that started at 7 pm, a figure that's just above M. 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