Smile 2 Doesn't Get IMAX Screens On Opening Week Cos Of JFAD

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There’s really one true one wide release this weekend and it’s Paramount‘s sequel Smile 2, which currently sees presales pointing toward a high-teens-millions opening. Tracking earlier this week indicated higher, in the $20 million-plus range, but that all depends on whether Latino and Hispanic moviegoers send this $28M-priced sequel to the 2022 original to another stratosphere.

The original movie is the stuff of post-Covid legends, an example of how a Hollywood major studio with a streaming service shifted a film away from a home release to a mega theatrical release after testing; Smile debuted to $22.6M at the box office and legged out to $105.9M domestic and $217.4M worldwide. Some studios couldn’t do that — re Disney with Hocus Pocus 2, which was confined to its Disney+ release despite great test scores.
 

The first movie was 80% certified fresh with critics on Rotten Tomatoes and earned a B- CinemaScore. Smile 2 is currently 86% fresh off 36 reviews.

Smile 2 will have the PLFs as part of its 3,500-theater count this weekend. Where are the Imax screens? Why they’re part of a three-week deal on Warner Bros’ bomb Joker: Folie a Deux.

https://deadline.com/2024/10/smile-2-box-office-1236117666/

[TimotheeChalamet 4,519]

It's a bad sequel and not worthy of IMAX in my opinion. Just an overlong series of jumpscares with a messy screenplay and nothing particularly striking besides a lot of gore

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Just now, TimotheeChalamet said:

It's a bad sequel and not worthy of IMAX in my opinion. Just an overlong series of jumpscares with a messy screenplay and nothing particularly striking besides a lot of gore

Well this just made me want to watch it even more 

[weed 70,612]

i'm excited to watch, surprisingly loved the first one after my initial thought of "how stupid, they're just smiling" lol

[bionic 41,060]

25 minutes ago, TimotheeChalamet said:

It's a bad sequel and not worthy of IMAX in my opinion. Just an overlong series of jumpscares with a messy screenplay and nothing particularly striking besides a lot of gore

Yes but what about Smile 2??

[Flippy 11,394]

23 minutes ago, bionic said:

Yes but what about Smile 2??

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