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When I initially watched the trailers for Smile, I thought it looked dreadful, like another generic "horror" film with little substance and relying on cheap jump scares rather than atmospheric suspense. A buddy recommended I watch it in theatres, and because we have similar tastes in movies (and I hadn't been to the theatre in a long time), I decided to give it a go. I was pleasantly delighted with the film. best horror. It has all the necessary components. It features a thrilling narrative, is only sometimes gruesome, contains jump scares, is funny, looks amazing, and has excellent performances. Those who claim it is precisely the same as it follows are akin to people who claim all rock music has the same sound or that it follows is the same as David Cronenberg's Rabid when, in reality, they are each distinct movies with unique stories, even if they have a similar idea.
Budget 17,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 217,408,513 USD
A couple of days before the September 30, 2022 release, actors from the film showed up at various baseball games, sitting behind home plate dead still and smiling while staring into the camera, unmoving despite fans in the audience being understandably concerned, while wearing Smile shirts. Another soon appeared in the background with the crowd during the Today show.
The smiles in the film are all natural and not enhanced with visual effects. The studio even asked if they could be tweaked, but Parker Finn stuck to his guns as he wanted them to be grounded in their creepiness.
Paramount originally planned for the film, which had a low budget of $17 million, to be a streaming-only release on Paramount+. The film was screened for test audiences and scored much higher than anticipated, prompting Paramount to give the film a theatrical release in the United States. It grossed $22 million over its opening weekend, which Paramount's distribution chief Chris Aronson said "exceeded our wildest expectations."
The film was originally titled "Something's Wrong With Rose" before being renamed "Smile."
Parker Finn told the actors who would be smiling in the film that he wanted "dead eyes that do not match an incredibly uncomfortable wide tooth-bearing smile, that it was meant to feel predatory in nature."
"Carl Renken: [possessed] She's gonna die... i'm gonna die... Everybody dies... Rose Cotter: Carl, look at me Carl Renken: [suddenly looks at Rose] YOU'RE GOING TO DIE... YOU'RE GOING TO DIE!"
"Rose Cotter: This isn't real! You're not real! The Monstruosity: Your mind makes it real!"
