Box Office Round-Up ~ 10/24/24

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Smile 2 continued a strong Halloween season of horror at the box office, winning the weekend with a $23 million debut. The original Smile had a similar opening in 2022, which puts the sequel on a pace to end up clearing $100 million domestically.

Speaking of which, The Wild Robot passed $100 million overall, grossing $9.3 million in its fourth weekend. Combined with Kung Fu Panda 4 in March, this has been the most successful year for DreamWorks Animation since before the pandemic.

Terrifier 3 dropped to third place in its second weekend with $9.3 million. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice took fourth place after seven weekends in theaters, grossing $5 million to pass $280 million domestically. Rounding out the top five was A24’s new drama We Live in Time, starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh, which expanded to a wide release in its second weekend to gross a solid $4.2 million.

1.  Smile 2 ($23 MM)
Director: Parker Finn (CAA)
Writers: Parker Finn (CAA)
Cast: Naomi Scott (CAA)
        Rosemarie DeWitt (CAA)
      Lukas Gage (WME)

2.  The Wild Robot ($10 MM)
Director: Chris Sanders (WME)
Writers: Chris Sanders (WME)
Cast: Lupita Nyong'o (CAA)
        Pedro Pascal (CAA)
      Kit Connor (WME)

3.  Terrifier 3 ($9.3 MM)
Director: Damien Leone (WME)
Writers: Damien Leone (WME)
Cast: Lauren LaVera (CESD)
        David Howard Thornton (BMG Models & Talents)
      Antonella Rose (Paradigm)

4.  Beetlejuice Beetlejuice ($5 MM)
Director: Tim Burton (WME)
Writers: Alfred Gough (WME), Miles Millar (WME), Seth Grahame-Smith (WME)
Cast: Michael Keaton (CAA)
        Winona Ryder (Anonymous Content)
        Catherine O'Hara (CAA)

5.  We Live in Time ($4.2 MM)
Director: John Crowley (WME)
Writers: Nick Payne (UTA)
Cast: Andrew Garfield (CAA)
        Florence Pugh (CAA)
      Grace Delaney (Sylvia Young Agency)

Source: Box Office Mojo, The Numbers