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‘Smile’ Sees $2 Million Previews, Harry Styles’ ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ Clears $25 Million – Deadline

October 1, 2022

SATURDAY AM: Paramount and other studios are calling Smile at $19M opening. In a deja vu from last weekend with New Line’s Don’t worry darling, another genre shot, this R-rated horror flick received a B-CinemaScore and a stern 69%/53% Definitive Recommendation on Comscore/Screen Engine’s PostTrak, a standard audience reaction for such a fare. We see a studio calling Smile at $20 million, and frankly with that ratings and the frontal nature of horror movies, only tonight will determine if that increases. Last weekend everyone got excited about the initial numbers they were seeing for Don’t worry darling, recovered from their skis and called the weekend at $20 million on Saturday morning before dropping to $19.3 million on Monday. Smilefriday is $8.2Mwhich includes Thursday’s $2 million previews.

Demos, as is typical for R-rated horror, are 28% guys over 25, 27% women under 25, 25% guys under 25, and 20% women over 25 years old. If you were at the AMC Porter Ranch last night in California, you wouldn’t know it was the fall box office slump, as the place was jam-packed like a 1920s speakeasy. is presented at 73%. Diversity demos are 32% Caucasian, 32% Latino and Hispanic, 20% Black and 9% Asian, 8% Other – Smile was always meant to play dynamically in all demos. The best markets were in the west and southwest. Eight of the top ten theaters were in the Los Angeles market. PLF screens have generated 25% of ticket sales so far.

Florence Pugh and Harry Styles in “Don’t Worry Darling”

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In second, don’t worry darling in 4,121 cinemas is considering a $7.56 million second weekend, -61% for 10 days of $33.1M. This is in the early morning estimates. The domestic outlook for this Florence Pugh-Harry Styles-Chris Pine movie along with Olivia Wilde-directed New Line is $50 million. RelishMix, social media analytics company, says: “Fans who report having ‘seen the film’, not only are positive, but are also defending the film and suggesting that don’t worry darling should be seen without watching the trailers so that audiences experience it with a clearer mindset. Adds Relish, “Some fans are throwing spoilers as well as accidental political shrapnel into the threads. Additionally, there are explosive new references to Canadian clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson, who is now a subject of comparison with the character of Chris Pine in very recent interviews with director Olivia Wilde, which are getting even more attention.

The photo’s social media universe now stands at nearly 184 million across Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and TikTok. Views on YouTube are powerhouses, while Instagram pages are where lots of behind-the-scenes stuff and docs are uncovered, along with additional conversations and heated chatter. The cast’s posts since opening have increased and garnered media attention, including Pugh’s two photo essays on Instagram last Friday with 2.5 million likes and rave reviews. Wilde has added 124,000 fans over the past week on Instagram, and there is strong engagement on his BTS posts. Styles posted on his Instagram and Twitter gig and added 1.4 million more to his HSHQ feeds.

Wide-scale release by Universal of the romantic comedy co-scripted / starring Billy Eichner Brothers comes up quite short in #4 with $4.75Movertaken by that of TriStar The female king in n°3 with $6.2M. Still, kudos to Uni for having the guts to make this movie and get it on the big screen. Friday was $1.8 million, those who showed up for the film gave it a solid A Cinemascore and 80% on PostTrak, and a 69% recommendation. Guys showed up at 60%, with 63% between the ages of 25 and 44. Diversity displays were 61% Caucasian, 19% Latino and Hispanic, 6% Black, and 14% Asian/Other. The film was still expected to do well in major cities, and here we see NY, LA, and San Francisco all having top ten theatrical releases. Central and South America underperformed the standards, we are told. PLF screens have only accounted for 3% of the picture BO to date.

The title Sarigama Cinemas is part of the top 5 Ponniyan Selvan: Part One in 500 locations in 136 markets, with a $4.1M opening after a $2.1M Friday. The glamorous Indian epic follows Vandiyathevan, who sets out to cross Chola country to deliver a message from Crown Prince Aditha Karikalan. Kundavai tries to establish political peace in the country apparently a civil war plotted by vassals and petty chiefs. There were strong sales in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, Boston, DC, Atlanta, Houston and Detroit for the Mani Ratnam-directed film.

“The Good House”

Courtesy of Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions

The Sigourney Weaver-Kevin Kline Amblin comedy-drama is largely booked at 1,062, but underperforms. The good house of Roadside Attractions which should pay off $688,000 between Friday and Sunday. The film about an alcoholic woman rekindling an old flame is the type of comedy-drama studios used to make in the 1980s. Pic had its world premiere at TIFF last year, was later acquired by Roadside and earned 70 % new reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. Audiences were in line with reviews, giving it a 74% on PostTrak and a 51% recommendation. Fifty-four percent of women attended, 65% over 45 and 52% over 55. The diversity demonstrations were 87% Caucasian, 8% Latino and Hispanic, 3% Black, and 2% Asian/Other. Again, not a solid deal, but the movie played in the West and the Midwest.

How much money can the current fall box office make without a big tentpole? The same amount of money as last weekend. Industry estimates are $61.3 million for all titles, down 3% from last weekend’s total of $62.9 million, and 35% lower than the same weekend. end in 2019 before the pandemic, which was $94.5 million – and was considered low at the time (and now looks extravagantly wealthy). Three-year-old #1 picture was DreamWorks Animation’s title Abominable which debuted at $20.6 million.

Meanwhile, Sony finally swallowed Brad Pitt’s High-speed train past $100 million in its 9th weekend. Woo hoo cho cho.

Saturday morning estimates:

1.) Smile (Per) 3,645 theaters, Fri $8.2M3 days $19M/Week 1

2.) don’t worry darling (NL/WB), 4,121 (+8) theaters, Fri. $2.35M (-75%), 3 days $7.56 million (-61%)/Total $33.1M/ Week 2

3.) The female king (Sony) 3,504 (-261) theaters Fri. $1.7M (-41%), 3 days $6.2M (-44%)/Total $45.9 million/Week 3

4.) Brothers (Uni) 3,350 screens, Fri. $1.84M3 days $4.75MWeek 1

5.) Ponniyan Selvan: Part One (Sat) 500 pitches, Fri $2.1M3 days $4.1M/Week 1

6.)Avatar (re) (20th/Dis) 1,860 theaters, Fri. $1.16M (-65%), 3 days $4.04M (-62%), Together $778.4 million/Week 2 of the reissue

seven.) Barbaric (20/Dis) 2,720 screens (-145), Fri $809,000 (-42%), 3 days $2.65M (-45%)/Total $32.9 million/Week 4

8.) High-speed train (Sony) 1,931 (+24) theaters, Fri. $365,000 (-27%), 3 days $1.3M (-28%)/, Together $101.2M/Week 9

9.) DC League of Super Pets (WB) 1,924 (-427) theaters, Fri. $250,000 (-31%) 3 days $1.21M (-30%)/Total $91.6M Week 10

ten.) Top Gun: Maverick (By) 1,561 (-464) theaters, Fri. $335,000 (-27%), 3 days $1.16M (-28%), Together $713.3M/Week 19

FRIDAY AM: Paramount Horror Movie Smile earned $2 million in Thursday night previews that started at 7 p.m., a figure just above M. Night Shyamalan’s old from the summer of 2021, which made $1.5 million in its previews, and just below Universal/Blumhouse black phone Thursday previews which totaled $3 million in June.

Paramount expects a teenage debut this weekend, while it won’t be shocking if Smile exceeds $20 million. black phone opened at $23.6 million. Critical reviews on Rotten Tomatoes for the new pic is 78% fresh, still good for a horror movie. Writer-director Parker Finn’s film sits 82% with RT audiences, which is great. When the film was originally conceived it was possible it would go to Paramount+, however, a rock concert test screening was pushed Smileis the fate of a theatrical release.

Universal Brothersthe LGBTQ romantic comedy starring and co-written by Billy Eichner, grossed $500,000 from 2,700 theaters, which began showings at 5 p.m. The studio is only expecting a high single-digit number this weekend.

Meanwhile, New Line’s gender pic Olivia Wilde don’t worry darling ended its first week with $25.5 million. The photo cume for the first seven days is just slightly ahead of TriStar’s first week for woman king, which grossed $25.1 million from 4,113 theaters. don’t worry darling posted strong weekdays: $1.66 million on Monday, $2 million on Tuesday, $1.3 million on Wednesday, and $1.2 million on Thursday. The pic is expected to drop 55% to 60% in its second weekend, around $7.7 million.

Peter Bart: Media fervor over Olivia Wilde’s ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ hinders more critical inspection

Woman King earned $720,000 Thursday in second place, -4% from Wednesday, for a second week of $14.5M and a cumulative total of $39.7M. The Viola Davis film has been booked in 3,765 theaters.

20th Century Studios/Disney’s reissue Avatar at 1,860 locations grossed $580,000, -15% for a first week of $13.8M and a grand total of $774.3M – still the fourth highest-grossing film ever at the domestic box office after Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($936.6M, 2015), Avengers: Endgame ($858.3M, 2019) and Spider-Man: No Coming Home ($814m, 2021).

20th Century Studios/Disney Barbaric earned $6.6 million in Week 3 for a cumulative total of $30.2 million. Thursday at $2,865.370,000, -17% from Wednesday.

A24 pearl in week 2, it grossed $2.8 million across 2,982 sites with Thursday at $170,000, -22% from Wednesday and a cumulative total of $7.5 million.