{"id":84299,"date":"2022-10-02T01:26:04","date_gmt":"2022-10-02T01:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/smile-is-beating-up-bros-at-the-weekend-box-office\/"},"modified":"2022-10-02T01:26:04","modified_gmt":"2022-10-02T01:26:04","slug":"smile-is-beating-up-bros-at-the-weekend-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/smile-is-beating-up-bros-at-the-weekend-box-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Smile is beating up Bros at the weekend box office"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Maybe chalk it up to the onset of that particular time of year known\u2014obsessively\u2014to the online set as \u201cSpooky Season,\u201d but new horror thriller smile<\/em><\/span> <\/em>is apparently on track to win this weekend’s theatrical box office. per variety<\/em><\/span>Parker Finn’s film is set to bring in $19 million from moviegoers this weekend, recovering its entire $17 million budget in one fell swoop, and making it the biggest box office performer of the week. The movie stars Sosie Bacon\u2014who’s been getting strong reviews for the performance, including a recent shout-out from Stephen King<\/a><\/span>\u2014as a psychologist who becomes haunted by a mysterious curse after witnessing a patient’s suicide.<\/p>\n

Among other things, that $19 million figure puts smile <\/em>well ahead of the other big opener this weekend: The Billy Eichner-led Brooch<\/em>, which is currently projected to score $4.7 million from rom-com fans. ace variety <\/em>notes, the film\u2014which has gotten almost universally positive reviews from critics, including an A- from our own Leigh Monson<\/span>\u2014doesn’t have a huge <\/em>mountain to climb if it wants to make up its $22 million budget, but that’s still not an especially good start. (Whether the weak opening can be more attributed to possible audience hesitation at a rare studio romantic comedy focused on two gay men, or just the general financial woes of the rom-com genre generally, is initially kind of hard to say.)<\/p>\n

Brooch <\/em>will likely end up coming in fourth for the weekend, trailing behind the second and third weeks, respectively, for Don’t Worry Darling<\/em><\/span> <\/em>and The Woman King<\/em><\/span>. Both films had fairly standard box office drops as their time in theaters extended, although Viola Davis’ action movie is holding steadier than Olivia Wilde’s buzzy sci-fi thriller.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n