Smile 2has a grin that keeps widening, with the sequel’s box office runknocking over many an important milestone. Currently — thanks to a recent weekend that saw the film continue its success —Smile 2sits on over $109 million worldwide, split between a $52 million domestic haul and $57 million overseas. This puts the sequel halfway to returning its predecessor’s haul of $217 million, a featSmile 2might just struggle to achieve.
However, despite not quite matching the first film’s success,Smile 2still has plenty to beam about, as it joins the ranks of the highest grossing horror movies at theglobal box officefor 2024. TheParker Finn-directed sequel is creeping up onOsgood Perkins’Longlegs, which holds an impressive global haul of just over $125 million.Smile 2is already one of the horror genre’s biggest earners in 2024, trailing blockbusters likeAlien: Romulusat $350 million worldwide andA Quiet Place: Day Oneat $261 million.
What Was ‘Smile 2’s Most Challenging Scene?
For a film with as manystand-out momentsas theSmilesequel, it can be difficult for any theatergoer to pick just one as particularly challenging. Therefore, it will come as no surprise to learn that such a question can be even more tricky to answer for the movie’s star, withNaomi Scottperforming in many a difficult scene both emotionally and physically. As Skye Riley,Scott gives a performance that can certainly be considered one of the horror genre’s best of 2024, with the likes ofHugh Grantin the recentHereticandDemi MooreinThe Substanceproving worthy rivals. In a recentinterview with Collider’s Perri Nemiroff, Scott was asked which of the movie’s scenes was the most challenging to film:
“I didn’t realize how difficult the freezer would be. Four days we did the freezer scene, and we also did some reshoots on that, too. That was the hardest scene to shoot by far because also, I’m doing a bit of a Lindsay Lohan,Parent Trapthing. [Laughs] … I think the hardest thing to do was when I’m in the car seat on the ceiling, I’m really having to use my own strength to hold up my body, which was quite painful because of the specific stunt move. But then also, it’s the mourning scene, where I’m mourning the death, soit was both simultaneously incredibly physically demanding, but then I had to get up to a place emotionally that was the height of intensity. So that was the hardest thing, because you’re doing two things that are extreme in different ways, and the most extreme version of them.”
Smile 2is playing in theaters right now.
Smile 2 is the sequel to the 2022 psychological horror film by director Parker Finn that centers on a therapist who witnesses a patient’s suicide, leading to a series of terrifying supernatural events. The sequel will see the return of Finn as director, with Paramount continuing distribution.
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