The box office is ear-to-ear for “Smile 2,” with Paramount’s horror entry landing $9.4 million from 3,619 domestic locations across Friday and preview screenings. That’s above the $8.2 million opening day that the first “Smile” earned in 2022 — a successful kick-off for this sequel,

There’s good news for several films at the box office this weekend, starting with Paramount’s “Smile 2,” which despite competition from the gory indie darling “Terrifier 3” is set to match the opening weekend of its predecessor with a $23 million launch from 3,

The film, written and directed once again by Parker Finn, has made $2.5 million in Thursday previews so far at the box office. In comparison, the 2022 original film made $2 million in previews back in the first weekend of October.