Smile 2 - starring Naomi Scott, Lukas Gage and Jack Nicholson's <br>
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The fright flick eclipsed hot contender Terrifier 3 for the top spot.<br>
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The Smile sequel starring Scott, 31, as a pop star who <br>
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as she prepares for a world tour, opened wide in more than 3,600 theaters, pulling <br>
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in a payday of $23 million.<br>
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Ray, whose mom is Nicholson's former partner Rebecca Broussard, shocked fans with an eerie grin in the <br>
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new movie, which was near-identical to the Oscar-winner's maniacal smile as Jack Torrance in the 1980 Stanley Kubrick classic, The Shining.<br>
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In a legendary scene, an insane Jack hacks at a bathroom door with an axe as his cowering wife Wendy <br>
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in the door, he sticks his face through, grins and exclaims:<br>
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'Here's Johnny!' in an improvised line.<br>
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The original Smile, released in September 2022, and <br>
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starring Sosie Bacon, was a sleeper hit, which was well received and earned $217,408,<br>
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Smile 2 has received a 83-percent critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes and an 83-percent <br>
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Smile 2 stars Jack Nicholson's son Ray (left). In the new horror, he recreated the Oscar-winner's maniacal smile as <br>
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Smile 2's big win at the box office has production companies Paramount Pictures and Temple <br>
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Hill beaming from ear to ear. The fright flight opened in first place with a payday of $23 million <br>
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Smile 2 actor is spitting image of horror icon father in eerie scene<br>
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The Wild Robot remained in second place after making its debut last week. <br>
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The animated feature about a shipwrecked robot who lands <br>
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on an island inhabited only by wild animals has delighted audiences young and not so young to the tune of $10.1 <br>
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Last week's champ, Terrifier 3 dropped to third place. <br>
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In this latest chapter of the franchise, Art the Clown is determined to slash his way through a <br>
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small town preparing for the Christmas holidays in order <br>
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to finish the work he started with a Halloween massacre in Terrifier 2. <br>
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Audiences have enjoyed the chase. Terrifier 3 kicked up more than $9.3 million in ticket <br>
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice lost some ground to the new arrivals, but maintained a strong presence at theaters across the nation. <br>
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The haunted tale starring Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Jenna Ortega conjured up an even $5 million and a fourth place <br>
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Landing in fifth place after opening in wider release was We <br>
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Naomi Scott stars in Smile 2 as a pop star preparing for a world tour who encounters a <br>
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series of terrifying and inexplicable events<br>
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The Wild Robot remained in second place after making its debut last week.<br>
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The animated feature about a shipwrecked robot who lands on an island inhabited only by <br>
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wild animals has delighted audiences young and not so young to the tune <br>
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of $10.1 million this week<br>
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Last week's champ, Terrifier 3 dropped to third place.<br>
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The story follows Art the Clown as he tries to <br>
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slash his way through a small town preparing for <br>
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the Christmas holidays. The fright flick pulled in more <br>
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than $9.3 million in ticket sales<br>
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The romantic drama, starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh as a couple who find themselves in a race <br>
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against time, is a hit with critics and audiences alike, earning <br>
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Joker:Folie à Deux continues its descent as audiences lose interested in the Joker sequel. <br>
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After three weeks in theaters, the film starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga has landed in sixth place with a take of $2.18 million. <br>
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The movie has yet to cover its $200 million budget, but <br>
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is inching toward it. So far the comic inspired film has <br>
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collected $191,942,948 globally. <br>
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice lost some ground to the new arrivals, but maintained a strong presence at theaters <br>
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across the nation. The haunted tale starring Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder <br>
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and Jenna Ortega conjured up an even $5 million and a fourth place finish<br>
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Landing in fifth place after opening in wider release was We Live in Time.<br>
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The romantic drama starring Andrew Garfield and Florence <br>
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Pugh as a couple who find themselves in a race <br>
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against time is a hit with critics and audiences alike, earning $4.185 <br>
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million over the weekend<br>
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Piece by Piece, Pharrell Williams' creative biopic, fell two <br>
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spots to sixth place.<br>
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The musical adventure told with Lego characters to illustrate the singer <br>
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and songwriter's rise to fame continues to do well with audiences, this week putting together a <br>
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payday of $2.1 million. <br>
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Transformers One parked in eighth place. <br>
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Joker:Folie à Deux continues its descent as audiences lose interested in the Joker sequel.<br>
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After three weeks in theaters, the film starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga has landed in sixth place with <br>
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Piece by Piece, Pharrell Williams' creative biopic, fell two spots to sixth place with payday of $2.1 million<br>
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Transformers One parked in eighth place with earnings of nearly $2 million<br>
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Saturday Night, the film about the chaos behind the first ever episode of late night <br>
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staple Saturday Night Live, dropped in the ratings to ninth place <br>
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making $1.8 million its fourth weekend in theaters<br>
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The Nightmare Before Christmas re-release rounds out the top ten with $1.129 million beneath the tree <br>
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The animated adventure starring the voices of Chris Hemsworth and Brian Tyree Henry in the origin story for the beloved Optimus Prime <br>
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and the evil Megatron roared away with nearly $2 million. <br>
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Saturday Night, the film about the chaos behind the first ever episode of <br>
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late night staple Saturday Night Live, dropped in the ratings to ninth place.<br>
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The dramady starring Gabriel LaBell as SNL creator Lorne Michaels made $1.8 million its fourth weekend in theaters. <br>
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The Nightmare Before Christmas re-release rounds out the top <br>
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ten. The Tim Burton animated classic found $1.129 million under the tree, as the film enjoys a renaissance with fans and their progeny celebrating some three decades since it first appeared in theaters.<br>
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Smile 2 - starring Naomi