The horror sequel “Smile 2” opened atop the box office this weekend, taking in $23 million at North American theaters, according to industry estimates released Sunday.
Writer-director Parker Finn’s follow-up to his 2022 hit beat out “The Wild Robot,” which grossed $10.1 million in its fourth weekend, Comscore reported.
“Terrifier 3” slipped to third one week after opening in first place, grossing $9.3 million Friday through Sunday.
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” was fourth with another $5 million in its seventh week, and fifth place went to “We Live in Time,” a romance starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh, which opened with $4.1 million.
Rounding out the top 10 domestic releases were “Joker: Folie á Deux” ($2.18 million), “Piece by Piece” ($2.1 million), “Transformers One” ($1.9 million), “Saturday Night” ($1.8 million) and a re-release of 1993’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” ($1.1 million).
This weekend’s overall three-day box office haul was estimated at $70 million. The year-to-date total is $6.638 billion — down 11% from the figure at this time last year, according to Comscore.
