The box office is ear-to-ear for “Smile 2,” with Paramount’s horror entry landing $9.4 million from 3,619 domestic locations across Friday and preview screenings. That’s above the $8.2 million opening day that the first “Smile” earned in 2022 - a successful kick-off for this sequel,

Paramount’s Smile 2 made $2.5M from previews last night at 3,000 locations, which is half million higher than the 2022 movie’s $2M preview figure. Smile went on to make a $22.6M opening and leg out to $105.

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Turn those box office frowns upside down, because “Smile 2,” the sequel to Paramount’s surprise horror hit, is opening this weekend. The film, written and directed once again by Parker Finn, has made $2.

Smile 2 is building hype of superseding the first movie in terms of quality and the horror film is doing good business for Halloween so far.

Smile 2 continues to grin from ear to ear as it officially surpasses the first movie’s record at the box office. Similar to its predecessor, Smile 2 debuted to favorable reviews. As of this writing, the horror feature boasts an 85% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes — considerably higher than the first film.