‘Smile’ Grosses $200 Million Globally

Paramount’s creepy thriller “Smile” hit a scary-good field workplace milestone, surpassing $200 million worldwide.

After six weeks on the large display, the movie has generated $99.1 million domestically and $103.8 million internationally for a worldwide tally of $202.9 million. It’s a stellar consequence since “Smile” price simply $17 million to supply.

“The spectacular worldwide efficiency of ‘Smile’ demonstrates what is really attainable once you ship a brilliantly sticky advertising marketing campaign on high of a masterfully made high-concept horror movie,” stated Paramount Photos president and CEO Brian Robbins. “Thanks to all our inventive companions, director Parker Finn, the wonderful solid, and our best-in-class manufacturing, advertising and distribution groups for making a communal leisure expertise that movie-loving audiences can solely discover within the theaters!”

Ticket gross sales for “Smile” are particularly spectacular as a result of the film wasn’t initially anticipated to play in theaters in any respect. The movie, starring Sosie Bacon (the daughter of Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick) as a therapist who turns into haunted by hallucinations after witnessing a affected person tragically die, was commissioned for Paramount+. However as soon as the film was extensively embraced in take a look at screenings, the studio was inspired to ditch streaming in favor of a full theatrical rollout.

It continues a sterling field workplace stretch for Paramount, which has scored in 2022 with “Prime Gun: Maverick,” “The Misplaced Metropolis,” “Scream” and “Sonic the Hedgehog 2.”