Smile 2 and Terrifier 3 are set for a horror box office showdown this weekend.
Terrifier 3 – made for just $2million – has become a surprise hit, raking in $28.6million so far and knocking Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga film Joker: Folie à Deux off the top of the US box office.
But the clown horror faces fierce competition from the sequel to 2022’s Smile – which became a smash hit making $217million against a $17million budget.
Smile 2 – starring Naomi Scott, Lukas Gage and Ray Nicholson – will drop October 18 with The Wrap predicting the film could make $22million over its opening weekend.
The synopsis reads: ‘About to embark on a world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events.
Smile 2 (pictured Naomi Scott in a scene from the film) and Terrifier 3 are set for a horror box office showdown this weekend
Terrifier 3 – made for just $2million – has become a surprise hit, raking in $28.6million so far and knocking Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga film Joker: Folie à Deux off the top of the US box office
‘Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her past.’
The original horror film starred Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgewick’s daughter, Sosie Bacon, 30, as Rose Carter, a doctor who witnesses her patient experience a traumatic death.
The physician then begins to have her own haunting experiences, including incidents in which she faces people with forced smiles.
Rose quickly learns she must face her own troubling past before time runs out and the evil force claims her life.
Terrifier 3 stars David Howard Thornton as homicidal clown Art who brutally murders an array of victims in stomach churning scenes.
The film written and directed by Damien Leone, is an un-rated blood fest, which has received a 78-percent rating from the critics on Rotten Tomatoes. Audiences have ‘certified’ it ‘hot’ and given it a healthy 90-percent on the popcornmeter.
The film earned $18.3 million at the box office according to The Numbers.
Smile 2 – starring Scott, Lukas Gage (pictured) and Ray Nicholson – will drop October 18 with The Wrap predicting the film could make $22million over its opening weekend
Terrifier 3 stars David Howard Thornton as homicidal clown Art who brutally murders an array of victims in stomach churning scenes
2022’s Smile became a smash hit – making $217million against a $17million budget.
Landing in third place was Joker: Folie à Deux. After winning the box office competition during its debut weekend could not overcome the bad reviews, enduring an 82-percent decline in ticket sales.
The movie collected only $7.055 million, in spite of being in more than four thousand theaters across the US.
