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US Box Office Weekend Report 18th - 20th October 2024: Horror sequel Smile 2 tps the North American box office on its debut with $23 Million

US Box Office Weekend Report 18th - 20th October 2024:  Horror sequel Smile 2 tps the North American box office on its debut with $23 Million
Smile 2
A sequel to horror hit movie Smile from 2022 hits the top of the North American box office this weekend as Smile 2 knocks Terrifier 3 down to number 3

The movie takes $22.6 Million on its debut weekend which is very much in the same ballpark as the original took 2 years ago.

Terrifier 3 which topped t he box office last weekend falls to number 3 this weekend with a $9.3 Million weekend gross, only a 34% drop.

The movie has taken an incredible $36.2 Million to date, in comparison Terrifier 2 has taken $2.4 Million after 2 weekends.

US Box Office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Smile 2 (1st Weekend)
  • Highest debut - Smile 2 (@1)
  • Longest run - The Nightmare Before Christmas (36 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Deadpool & Wolverine ($636,296,828)
  • Best Percentage change week on week - We Live In Time (95%)
  • Total US top 15 this weekend - $67,332,506
  • Also new this weekend
    • Hocus Pocus
  • Check out the full US box office.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 18th - 20th October 2024

Smile 2

Highest New Movie This Weekend

  • The movie is the Highest Debut on this weekends US box office chart.
  • It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the US box office.
  • It grosses $23,000,000 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $23,000,000 after 1 weekends of release
  • The movie is a sequel to Smile which took $22,609,925 at the box office after 1 weekends of release.

  • The movie remains at Number 2 on this weekends US box office
  • It grosses $10,100,000 over the weekend, a 28% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $101,717,115 after 4 weekends of release
  • The movie is the 16th top grossing film so far in 2024

  • The movie goes down the chart to Number 3 on this weekends US box office
  • It grosses $9,307,882 over the weekend, a 34% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $36,215,033 after 2 weekends of release
  • The movie is a sequel to Terrifier 2 which took $2,475,000 at the box office after 2 weekends of release.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

  • The movie goes down the chart to Number 4 on this weekends US box office
  • It grosses $5,000,000 over the weekend, a 32% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $283,973,139 after 7 weekends of release
  • The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2024
  • The movie is a sequel to Beetlejuice which took $2,475,000 at the box office after 7 weekends of release.

  • The movie goes up the chart to Number 5 on this weekends US box office
  • It grosses $4,185,758 over the weekend, a 95% increase from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $4,506,030 after 2 weekends of release

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

  1. Smile 2 - $23,021,692
  2. The Wild Robot - $10,097,765
  3. Terrifier 3 - $9,301,682
  4. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice - $5,001,112
  5. We Live In Time - $4,185,758
  6. Joker: Folie à Deux - $2,146,800
  7. Piece By Piece - $2,049,740
  8. Transformers: One - $1,989,322
  9. Saturday Night - $1,701,243
  10. The Nightmare Before Christmas - $1,224,677
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