“Smile 2” sets new standards at the box office despite its streaming release

Tuesday, December 3rd brought the highly anticipated event Streaming release from Parker Finn‘S Smile 2one of the standout horror hits of the year. Despite this streaming release and the fact that it has been available on VOD for some time, Smile 2The momentum at the global box office continues. The sequel’s latest success could be its biggest yet as it has now officially hit theaters Top 75 horror films of all time at the worldwide box office.

75 might not seem like a big number at first glance, but given the incredible amount of big-budget horror films released this century alone, it’s certainly an achievement worth celebrating. Thanks to a worldwide transportation of over $135 million, Smile 2 has overtaken many well-known horror films and included them in this prestigious list, including those from 2023 The Exorcist: Believer, Saw IV, Halloween Killsand another horror rival from 2024 Long legs.

“Smile 2” is a stomach-churning horror ride

After the bold, eye-widening horror of the first part, Finn decided to turn the dial up to eleven for his sequel. with Smile 2 be up there with horror 3 as one of the scariest mainstream films of the year. With a lot Heartbreaking horrors, from bloody gore to violent horrorSmile 2 set the standard for the future of the franchise, and all subsequent editions must match the palpable, stomach-churning energy of this sequel. A scene like this leaves many viewers frozen in horror Luke GageLewis stares at us Naomi ScottIt’s Skye Riley with the usual horrible grin on his face before killing himself to a violent death with a weight plate. Not only was this one of the most violent scenes of 2024, it’s also one of Finn’s most violent, as the director said in one Interview with Collider’s Perri Nemiroff:

“I have to say that I feel like what I did with the Lewis character, played by Lukas Gage, is safe.”
One of the most violent things I’ve ever done
to a character. I knew that was always going to be some sort of parallel echo to the Laura character that she played
Caitlin Stasey
in the first film. Caitlin uses this piece of broken pottery that’s very sharp, right? There’s a lot of cutting up going on and I thought to myself, “I want to go in the complete opposite direction with this.” “I want to find the heaviest, dullest, just plain baddest thing you can hit yourself with.” And I love the idea of ​​that Lewis’ character, when he attacks himself with it,
He creates this game of peek-a-boo, so to speak
where every time he hits himself we have to wait and see what the damage is, the new damage he has done.”

Smile 2 is now available to stream on Paramount+.

Release date

October 18, 2024

director

Parker Finn

Duration

132 minutes

Watch on Paramount+