(Los Angeles) The Psychological Horror Film Smile ranked first at the box office in the United States and Canada for the second week in a row, ahead of the musical for young audiences Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile.
Posted at 2:54 p.m.
Smilea Paramount production signed by director Parker Finn, raised $17.6 million in revenue between Friday and Sunday, according to estimates by Exhibitor Relations.
The film tells the disturbing story of a therapist, played by Sosie Bacon — daughter of actors Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick — who begins to lose touch with reality after witnessing a horrific event involving a patient.
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, adapted from a children’s book, came in second with $11.5 million for its first weekend. The crocodile discovered by a little boy in his house in New York sings and enchants his new life in the megalopolis, with Javier Bardem in the skin of his extravagant owner.
amsterdamin which the characters played by Christian Bale, Margot Robbie and John David Washington find themselves embroiled in a political intrigue in 1930s America, reached the 3e position with $6.5 million in revenue for its first few days in theaters.
A disappointment, notes analyst David Gross, for a film with a large budget, written and directed by David Russell.
The Woman Kinghistorical epic of female warriors from the Kingdom of Dahomey (West Africa) in the 19e century, starring Oscar-winning actress Viola Davis, slipped to fourth place this weekend with $5.3 million.
In fifth ($3.5 million) comes Don’t Worry Darlingkind of Truman Show distressing planted in a small model city built in the middle of the desert by a mysterious businessman where material well-being is guaranteed but from which it is forbidden to leave.
Olivia Wilde’s film, in which her companion Harry Styles appears, was first then second in the previous weeks.
The rest of the top 10
6. Avatar (on rerun, $2.6 million)
7. Barbarian (2.2 million)
8. Bros (2.2 million)
9. Terrify 2 ($925,000)
10. Ponniyin Selvan: Part 1 ($920,000)