Don’t underestimate the second weekend of Paramount’s horror movie Smile. The Parker Finn directed and written title, which has provided many in town that horror remains a bankable genre for the big screen after a $22.6M opening, has a shot of possibly upsetting Sony’s family movie Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile and 20th Century Studios/New Regency/Disney’s upscale David O.
Russell comedy Amsterdam for No. 1 with around an $11M+ take. Smile had a very good Monday grossing $2.2M for a running 4-day total of $24.8M.
By comparison, Blumhouse/Universal’s Black Phone rang up $3M in its first Monday back in June, so pretty good. Sony is betting that Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile based on the classic kids 1965 Bernard Waber book comes in between $11M-$12M at 4,300 locations.
Rivals are forecasting much higher ($15M-$18M) as there’s been nothing out there for families for quite some time, however, movies that star Crocodiles (even if they are friendly) don’t necessarily create a stampede, just like movies about people getting eaten by lions (Beast).
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