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Horror movies topped the domestic box office charts and an Oscar contender got <br> <br> off to a sparkling start this weekend. "Smile 2," in its first weekend, and "Terrifier 3" in its second proved to be <br> <br> the big draws for general movie audiences in North America, while the Palme d´Or winner"Anora" got the best per-theater average in over a year.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> "Smile 2" was the big newcomer, taking first <br> <br> place with a better than expected $23 million, according <br> <br> to studio estimates Sunday. Parker Finn returned to write and direct the sequel to the supernatural <br> <br> horror "Smile," his debut. Originally intended for streaming,<br> <br> Paramount pivoted and sent the movie to theaters in the fall of 2022.<br> <br> "Smile" became a sleeper hit at the box office, earning some $217 million against a $17 million budget.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> The sequel, starring Naomi Scott as a pop star, was rewarded with a bit of a bigger budget, and a theatrical <br> <br> commitment from the start. Playing on 3,619 screens, it opened slightly higher than the first's $22 million.<br> <br> <br> <br> Second place went to Universal and DreamWorks Animation´s "The Wild Robot" in its fourth weekend <br> <br> with $10.1 million, bumping it past $100 million in North America.<br> <br> Family films often have long lives in theaters, particularly ones as well <br> <br> reviewed as "The Wild Robot," and some have speculated that it got a bump this weekend from teenagers buying tickets for the PG-rated family film and then sneaking into "Terrifier 3," which is not rated, <br> <br> instead. Either way, Damien Leone´s demon clown movie, which cost only $2 million to <br> <br> produce, is doing more than fine with legitimate ticket <br> <br> buyers. It added an estimated $9.3 million, bringing its total to <br> <br> $36.2 million.<br> <br> <br> <br> "Rumors like that are PR gold," said Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media analyst for Comscore.<br> <br> "There´s no better indication that that movie is red hot right now."<br> <br> <br> <br> The No. 1 openings for "Smile 2" this weekend and "Terrifier 3" <br> <br> last were only possible because of the failure of "Joker: Folie à Deux." That big budget sequel continued <br> <br> its death march in its third weekend, falling another 69% <br> <br> to earn $2.2 million, bringing its domestic total to $56.4 million.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Lukas Gage in a <br> <br> scene from "Smile 2." (Paramount Pictures via AP)<br> <br> <br> <br> Warner Bros. has a better performer in "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice," which placed fourth in its seventh weekend with an additional $5 million, bringing its domestic total to $284 million. Star Michael Keaton also <br> <br> had another film open this weekend - the father-daughter dramedy "Goodrich" which stumbled in with only $600,000 from 1,055 <br> <br> locations.<br> <br> <br> <br> Rounding out the top five was the romantic tearjerker "We Live In Time," which <br> <br> expanded to 985 theaters following last <br> <br> weekend's debut on 5 screens. The A24 release starring Andrew <br> <br> Garfield and Florence Pugh earned $4.2 million over the weekend.<br> <br> Audiences were 85% under 35 and 70% female, according to exit <br> <br> polls. The well-reviewed film will expand further next weekend.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> One of the other brightest spots of the weekend was Sean Baker´s <br> <br> "Anora," which opened in six locations in New York and Los Angeles and earned an estimated <br> <br> $630,000. That´s a $105,000 per theater average, the best since <br> <br> "Asteroid City´s" $142,000 average last summer. The Neon release, a sensation at Cannes and a likely Oscar contender, stars Mikey Madison as a New York sex worker who falls for the son of <br> <br> a Russian oligarch.<br> <br> <br> <br> After several weeks of would-be awards contenders and buzzy films ("Piece by Piece," "Saturday Night," "The Apprentice" among them) fizzling with audiences, "Anora´s" success <br> <br> is a promising sign that moviegoers will still seek out arty,<br> <br> adult fare.<br> <br> <br> <br> "For moviegoers, there´s a lot on offer with something in every type of movie in every category," Dergarabedian said.<br> <br> "I think we´re going to have a really strong home stretch with a great combination of movies big and small."<br> <br> <br> <br> The Walt Disney Co. also made a splash with several re-releases.<br> <br> <br> <br> "The Nightmare Before Christmas" got a place in the top 10 with <br> <br> $1.1 million, while "Hocus Pocus" made $841,000.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Next weekend will have a major studio comic book movie with "Venom: The Last Dance" as well as <br> <br> an awards movie in the papal thriller "Conclave" vying for audience attention.<br> <br> <br> <br> Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S.<br> <br> and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> 1. "Smile 2," $23 million.<br> <br> <br> <br> 2. "The Wild Robot," $10.1 million.<br> <br> <br> <br> 3. "Terrifier 3," $9.3 million.<br> <br> <br> <br> 4. "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice," $5 million.<br> <br> <br> <br> 5. "We Live In Time," $4.2 million.<br> <br> <br> <br> 6. "Joker: Folie à Deux," $2.2 million.<br> <br> <br> <br> 7. "Piece by Piece," $2.1 million.<br> <br> <br> <br> 8. "Transformers One," $2 million.<br> <br> <br> <br> 9. "Saturday Night," $1.8 million.<br> <br> <br> <br> 10. "The Nightmare Before Christmas," $1.1 million.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Naomi <br> <br> Scott in a scene from "Smile 2." (Paramount Pictures via AP)<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Ray Nicholson in a scene from "Smile 2." (Paramount Pictures via AP)<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> This image released by Neon shows Mikey Madison in a scene from "Anora." (Neon via AP)<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> This image released by Neon shows Mark Eydelshteyn and Mikey Madison, <br> <br> right, in a scene from "Anora." (Neon via AP)<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> This image released by Neon shows Mark Eydelshteyn, left, and Mikey <br> <br> Madison in a scene from "Anora." (Neon via AP)<br> <br> <br> <br> my site ไวน์ - http://www.sdpea.com/home.php?mod=space&uid=914129
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