Taylor Swift’s boyfriend/NFL superstar tight end Travis Kelce’s introduction of FX’s Grotesquerie teases we might see some familiar faces. And two minutes into the teaser, the three-time Super Bowl winner delivers the line, “There is no future after this.”
The 10-episode season stars Niecy Nash-Betts as Detective Lois Tryon, Courtney B. Vance as Marshall Tryon, Lesley Manville as Nurse Redd, Micaela Diamond as Sister Megan Duval, Nicholas Alexander Chavez as Father Charlie Mayhew, and Raven Goodwin as Merritt Tryon. Travis Kelce’s character’s name hasn’t been officially confirmed.
Niecy Nash-Betts as Lois Tryon in ‘Grotesquerie’ (Photo CR: Prashant Gupta/FX)
“In Ryan Murphy’s 10-episode drama series Grotesquerie for FX, a series of heinous crimes have unsettled a small community. Detective Lois Tryon feels these crimes are eerily personal, as if someone—or something—taunting her. At home, Lois grapples with a strained relationship with her daughter, a husband in long-term hospital care, and her own inner demons,” reads FX’s synopsis. “With no leads and unsure of where to turn, she accepts the help of Sister Megan, a nun and journalist with the Catholic Guardian. Sister Megan, with her own difficult past, has seen the worst of humanity, yet she still believes in its capacity for good. Lois, on the other hand, fears the world is succumbing to evil. As Lois and Sister Megan string together clues, they find themselves ensnared in a sinister web that only seems to raise more questions than answers.”
The first two episodes of the season premiere on Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at 10pm ET/PT.
Murphy, Jon Robin Baitz, and Joe Baken created the series and serve as writers and executive producers. Additional executive producers include Nash-Betts, Vance, Alexis Martin Woodall, Max Winkler, Peter Liguori, Nissa Diederich, Eric Kovtun, and Scott Robertson. Winkler, Murphy, Woodall, and Elegance Bratton direct.
Peacock’s new true crime documentary series World’s Most Notorious Killers explores disturbing murders committed across the globe. The five-part docuseries features interviews with people involved in the cases, examining murders that took place in England, California, Belgium, Australia, and Southeast Asia.
All five episodes will be released on Peacock on Tuesday, September 17, 2024.
ITN Productions’ Ian Russell, Mike Griffiths, and Robert Palumbo and Perpetual Entertainment’s David Alrich, Brendan Dahill, Jimmy Humphrey, and Carolyn Day serve as executive producers. Additional executive producers include Monster Films’ Rik Hall, David Howard, and Carolyn Day.
Poster for Peacock’s ‘World’s Most Notorious Killers’
World’s Most Notorious Killers Episode Guide
Episode 1: THE WEST MURDERS – The case of a missing girl leads to a gruesome discovery: a graveyard of bones beneath the house of Fred and Rose West in Gloucester, England and several twisted family secrets.
Episode 2: THE VIENNA STRANGLER – A perplexing series of deaths in Vienna, Austria are linked to murders in Los Angeles, California. Austrian celebrity Jack Unterweger is unmasked as the world’s first transatlantic serial killer, whose been reporting on his own murders and hiding in plain sight all along.
Episode 3: THE MONSTER OF BELGIUM – Six Belgian girls mysteriously go missing at the hands of “The Monster.” But soon people begin to suspect that Belgium’s infamous serial killer may be working for a powerful international pedophile ring.
Episode 4: THE MURDER DOWN UNDER – Lynette Dawson, a loving wife and mother, disappears from her Australian home in 1982; days later, her husband, Christopher Dawson, moves their teenage babysitter into their home. It will be 40 years before the case is finally solved.
Episode 5: THE SERPENT – Tourists in Southeast Asia are mysteriously killed, and Charles Sobhraj confesses to the horrific murders. Convicted murderer Sobhraj, now a free man, speaks out in an U.S. exclusive interview to reveal a shocking new story.
“Peacock’s new true crime docuseries World’s Most Notorious Killers follows the chilling stories of five shocking international murder investigations of recent times,” reads the official synopsis. “Each episode will re-examine a different case from some of the most infamous criminals across the globe, and will feature firsthand accounts from former detectives, family members, lawyers, forensic scientists and journalists all dedicated to bringing these murders to justice.”
Nicholas Denton will star in ‘Anne Rice’s The Talamasca’ (Photo Courtesy of AMC Networks)
Nicholas Denton (Dangerous Liaisons) has been cast in a starring role in AMC’s Anne Rice’s The Talamasca (the working title). According to the announcement, Denton will star as Guy Anatole in the six-episode season set to begin filming in Manchester, England in October 2024.
AMC offered this description of the series and Denton’s character: “[Guy] is brilliant, handsome and sharp on the surface, but he’s always known his mind works a little differently. On the cusp of graduating law school, he is approached by a representative of the Talamasca, a secretive agency that monitors and protects us from the supernatural world. When Guy learns that the Talamasca has been tracking him since his childhood, he falls headlong into a world of secret agents and immortal beings who, up to now, have maintained a fragile balance with the mortal world. But for that balance to hold, and for Guy to survive, he will have to learn to embrace the dark, treacherous depths of his true and singular self.”
AMC Networks is targeting a 2025 premiere on AMC and AMC+.
Oscar nominee John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side) and Mark Lafferty (Halt and Catch Fire) are on board as co-showrunners and executive producers. Mark Johnson, who oversees the Anne Rice Immortal Universe, will also serve as an executive producer, with Hancock directing.
The Talamsca is the third series in the network’s Anne Rice Immortal Universe to go into production. Interview with the Vampire starring Jacob Anderson and Sam Reid premiered in October 2022. Mayfair Witches with Alexandra Daddario debuted in January 2023.
Nicholas Denton’s credits include Jones Family Christmas, Glitch, Utopia, and My Life Is Murder.
Season 47 of CBS’s Survivor will feature 18 new castaways, including an E-Sports commentator, and ER doctor, and a podcast host. The upcoming season also finds a lawyer, a nurse, an AI research assistant, and a flight attendant attempting to outwit, outplay, and outlast their fellow competitors and win the $1 million grand prize.
Emmy-winner Jeff Probst returns to guide the castaways through the season. The new season will premiere on September 18, 2024 at 8pm with a special two-hour episode. New 90-minute episodes will air on subsequent Wednesdays at 8pm ET/PT.
“Building upon its legacy, Survivor continues to be the ultimate test of physical and mental stamina as a new group of castaways begins the adventure of a lifetime while stranded on the stunning islands of Fiji. This latest group of competitors must form a new society and adapt to their physical and social surroundings while contending with unexpected obstacles and navigating an ever-evolving social game,” reads CBS’s synopsis. “The participants will be divided into three tribes of six and face a twist-packed season from the moment they step on the beach. The moral dilemmas and extreme situations will test even the strongest competitor, and the mental and physical challenges require players to constantly fine-tune their strategies to survive another day.”
Poster for ABC’s ‘Dancing with the Stars’ season 33
ABC’s Dancing with the Stars season 33 celebrities include two 2024 Paris Olympics medalists who became social media stars, a Super Bowl Champion, and standouts from The Bachelor/The Bachelorette franchise. The subject of Netflix’s Inventing Anna, an NBA Champion, and Real Housewives royalty will also compete on the upcoming season of the dance competition.
Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough co-host Dancing with the Stars season 33, which kicks off on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, on ABC and Disney+. Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli, and Derek Hough will be judging the stars on their moves on the floor.
Dancing with the Stars Season 33 Celebrities and Partners:
· Super Bowl Champion Danny Amendola with partner Witney Carson
· Notorious ankle bracelet fashionista Anna Delvey with partner Ezra Sosa
· From The Bachelor, Joey Graziadei with partner Jenna Johnson
· NBA Champion Dwight Howard with partner Daniella Karagach
· TV star Chandler Kinney with partner Brandon Armstrong
· Olympic rugby player Ilona Maher with partner Alan Bersten
· Model and cover girl Brooks Nader with partner Gleb Savchenko
· Olympic gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik with partner Rylee Arnold
· Reality royalty Phaedra Parks with partner Val Chmerkovskiy
· Movie star Eric Roberts with partner Britt Stewart
· TV icon Tori Spelling with partner Pasha Pashkov
· From The Bachelorette, Jenn Tran with partner Sasha Farber
· Sitcom and movie actor Reginald VelJohnson with partner Emma Slater
ABC provided the following brief biographies on this season’s Dancing with the Stars celebrity dancers.
DANNY AMENDOLA is a former NFL wide receiver who played 13 seasons and is a two-time Super Bowl Champion as a member of the New England Patriots. Amendola was recently inducted into the Texas Tech Red Raiders Hall of Fame in 2024. His professional football career in the NFL began when he signed as an undrafted free agent with the Dallas Cowboys in 2008. After one year on the practice squad with Dallas and Philadelphia, he got elevated to the active roster with the St. Louis Rams in 2009. He became a breakout star in St. Louis before signing a five-year contract with the New England Patriots in 2013.
While in New England, Amendola became a trusted receiver of quarterback Tom Brady and a fan favorite known for making his biggest plays and having his best games when the stakes were highest in the NFL playoffs. Amendola retired from the NFL in 2021.
ANNA DELVEY is an artist, fashion icon and infamous NYC socialite who gained international attention after Netflix purchased the rights to her story and developed it into the 2022 miniseries “Inventing Anna.” Delvey’s life story has been the subject of several other television shows, interviews, podcasts and theater productions. Some view her as a cunning scam artist, while others see her as a charismatic and ambitious entrepreneur who took advantage of New York City’s social elite in an effort to open a prestigious art studio. Her case has also sparked discussions about wealth, privilege, and social climbing in modern society. Her story continues to captivate the public’s imagination.
A 29-year-old teaching tennis pro from Collegeville, Pennsylvania, JOEY GRAZIADEI is most well known as the Bachelor from season 28 of the ABC hit show of the same name. With his loyalty, thoughtfulness, and compassion, Graziadei won the hearts of America and, ultimately, his fiancée, Kelsey Anderson. Now that finding love has been checked off his to-do list, Graziadei keeps busy spending time with family, traveling the world, and raising awareness for causes he’s passionate about like cancer research.
DWIGHT HOWARD is one of the NBA’s most charismatic veteran players. Playing basketball 19 years professionally as one of the greatest players in the NBA, he has made a global impact across the lives of people around the world. He is an NBA Champion, eight-time NBA AlI-Star, eight-time All-NBA Team member, five-time All-Defensive Team member, and a three-time Defensive Player of the Year. He holds the record for having the most dunks in NBA history along with being the only player in NBA history to earn the honor of Defensive Player of the Year for three consecutive seasons.
Howard is also an entrepreneur, filmmaker, community leader, media figure and philanthropist. Expanding his focus over the past few years, he is currently the co-owner of a professional basketball league in Asia with plans to go global. He is an avid traveler, dedicated father and global ambassador of basketball internationally bringing smiles to everyone he encounters around the world.
CHANDLER KINNEY trained at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy and the Los Angeles Ballet Academy, and discovered acting at age 9. Currently, Kinney can be seen starring in the HBO Max series Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin and Pretty Little Liars: Summer School. She also portrays Willa in the Disney Channel musical film franchise Zombies. Previously, she was in FOX’s Lethal Weapon, FX’s American Horror Story: Asylum, the CW’s 90210, Amazon’s Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street, The Haunted Hathaways for Nickelodeon, and Disney’s Girl Meets World and K.C. Undercover.
ILONA MAHER is a Team USA Rugby Sevens bronze medalist and two-time Olympian, having represented the United States in Paris 2024 and Tokyo 2020. Maher is a viral sensation across social media for sharing her authentic and witty journey as a professional female athlete to help grow the game of rugby and promote body appreciation. An ambassador for ChildFund Rugby, an organization that uses integrated rugby and life skills to help young people from vulnerable communities across the world overcome challenges, Maher traveled to Laos to help in their mission of inspiring positive social change.
BROOKS NADER is a supermodel and actress, known for her impeccable style and captivating presence. Through campaigns, runway shows, branded partnerships, strategic collaborations and more, Nader’s career has continued to skyrocket since she made her debut in the 2019 edition of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit. Throughout her career, Nader has worked with esteemed brands and fashion houses. Most recently, in May 2024, she was named a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Legend and featured on the cover of the magazine for the second time in celebration of the magazine’s 60th anniversary.
STEPHEN NEDOROSCIK, more popularly known as the “pommel horse guy,” is a distinguished American gymnast. At the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, he captured America’s heart by helping the U.S. Men’s Gymnastics team secure their first team medal (bronze) in 16 years. He also won an individual bronze medal on the pommel horse. Beyond his athletic achievements, Nedoroscik is a passionate advocate for men’s gymnastics and works to raise awareness for the sport. He is also dedicated to supporting individuals with low vision, using his platform to promote inclusivity and accessibility in the gymnastics community and beyond.
PHAEDRA PARKS is a successful attorney, businesswoman, author, mortician, television personality, motivational speaker, social activist, certified reiki master healer and mother to two young sons. As managing partner of The Parks Group, Parks practices law in the areas of entertainment, intellectual property rights, and civil and criminal litigation. Parks has been an on-air legal analyst for media outlets including NBC, Fox, CNN, truTV, EXTRA and Entertainment Tonight. As a television personality, she has appeared on Real Housewives of Atlanta, Ultimate Girls Trip, four-time Emmy® Award-nominated and Peoples Choice Award-winning series The Traitors as well as Will Trent.
Parks earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from Wesleyan College, a Juris Doctorate from the University of Georgia as well as a degree in mortuary sciences from Jefferson State College.
ERIC ROBERTS is a Georgia native, whose first professional acting job in front of a camera was “Another World” at age 19 in New York. He entered into features in King of the Gypsies at 21 and earned multiple Golden Globe® nominations and an Oscar® nomination. One of his favorite jobs was the portrayal of Junior in Danny McBride’s Righteous Gemstones. He has also made proud appearances in music videos from The Killers, Keaton Simons, Akon, Ja Rule, Mariah Carey, Rihanna and numerous artists from around the world.
TORI SPELLING is best known for playing Donna Martin on the long-running hit show Beverly Hills 90210, which she also executive produced. She created, executive produced and starred in the long-running series Tori and Dean, the spinoff series sTORIbook Weddings, as well as True Tori, HGTV’s Tori & Dean: Cabin Fever and At Home With Tori.
Spelling is also a five-time NY Times bestselling author with her first (of six) memoirs, sTORI Telling, reaching No. 1 and being named the best celebrity autobiography of 2009. She has also authored the children’s book Presenting Tallulah, as well as the coffee table, party planning book CelebrTORI. Spelling has had multiple product lines and she currently hosts two podcasts on iHeart, “90210MG with Jennie Garth,” and her own podcast “MisSPELLING,” which she also executive produces.
JENN TRAN is a sweet and compassionate woman who has dedicated her life to helping others and is currently studying to become a physician assistant. The bilingual Vietnamese beauty currently resides in Miami; and when she’s not studying, the 26-year-old Bachelor Nation fan-favorite loves reading, paddleboarding, and traveling whenever she has the chance.
REGINALD VELJOHNSON is the iconic TV dad from the sitcom Family Matters and well known as Al Powell in Die Hard and Die Hard 2. He was recently the TV dad on five versions of Progressive’s national commercial campaign and sings on the Planters Christmas commercial. He recently costarred in the indie feature Roswell Delirium, played the lead in the TV movie of the week Ghost of Christmas Always, had a recurring role on Disney+ Turner & Hooch and was featured in the leading role in the indie feature Christmas Lottery.
He also appeared in the mega-successful feature Avengers: Endgame The Prayer Box, and The Very Excellent Dundee. Additionally, VelJohnson guest starred on CBS’s Mom, ABC’s Station 19, Sydney to the Max, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Ryan Hanson Solves Crimes on Television and Ray Donovan; was the lead in the Lifetime movie Pride and Prejudice: Atlanta, and was a recurring character on Hart of Dixie.
Backed by The Beatles’ “Magical Mystery Tour,” Warner Bros Pictures’ A Minecraft Movie teaser trailer provides a first look at what’s coming with the first live-action feature film based on the biggest-selling video game in history.
The April 4, 2025 release stars Jason Momoa (Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom), Jack Black (the Kung Fu Panda films), Emma Myers (Wednesday), Oscar nominee Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple), Sebastian Eugene Hansen (Just Mercy), and Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus). Nacho Libre‘s Jared Hess directs.
Poster for Warner Bros Pictures’ ‘A Minecraft Poster’
“Welcome to the world of Minecraft, where creativity doesn’t just help you craft, it’s essential to one’s survival! Four misfits—Garrett ‘The Garbage Man’ Garrison (Momoa), Henry (Hansen), Natalie (Myers), and Dawn (Brooks)—find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination,” reads Warner Bros’ synopsis. “To get back home, they’ll have to master this world (and protect it from evil things like Piglins and Zombies, too) while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, Steve (Black). Together, their adventure will challenge all five to be bold and to reconnect with the qualities that make each of them uniquely creative…the very skills they need to thrive back in the real world.”
Momoa, Roy Lee, Jon Berg, Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Jill Messick, Torfi Frans Olafsson, and Vu Bui serve as producers. Executive producers include Todd Hallowell, Kayleen Walters, Brian Mendoza, Jonathan Spaihts, Pete Chiappetta, Andrew Lary, and Anthony Tittanegro.
Hess’s behind-the-scenes team includes director of photography Enrique Chediak (Transformers: Rise of the Beasts), Oscar-winning production designer Grant Major (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King), editor James Thomas (Pokémon: Detective Pikachu), Oscar-winning VFX supervisor Dan Lemmon (The Jungle Book), and costume designer Amanda Neale (What We Do in the Shadows). Rachel Tenner is the casting director, with Gabe Hilfer and Karyn Rachtman on board as music supervisors. The music is by Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok).
‘Famous’ by Blake Crouch (Photo Credit: Penguin Random House)
Phoebe Dynevor, Bridgerton‘s Daphne Basset, has signed on to star in Famous, described as a thriller about the dark side of celebrity. Dynevor has been cast alongside Zac Efron, who was already confirmed to play the lead role in the drama directed by Jody Hill.
“In Famous, Zac Efron (The Iron Claw) will star in dual roles, playing both overzealous fan, Lance Dunkquist, and Hollywood heartthrob, James Jansen,” reads Black Bear and Esmail Corp’s synopsis. “Lance Dunkquist has one asset that’s about to change his life – he has the face of a movie star. And not just any movie star – Lance is the spitting image of a Hollywood icon, James Jansen. Lance is about to travel to Los Angeles to make his dream come true. Lance is going to be famous, no matter what it takes…”
Famous is based on Blake Crouch’s bestseller and is adapted by Chad Hodge. (Hodge previously adapted Crouch’s Wayward Pines and Good Behavior.) Caviar’s Michael Sagol and Esmail Corp’s Sam Esmail and Chad Hamilton are on board as producers. Esmail Corp’s Nick Krishnamurthy and Caviar’s Allison Hironaka are executive producing.
A24 has acquired the domestic release rights to Famous.
Phoebe Dynevor’s credits include Fair Play opposite Alden Ehrenreich, Bank of Dave with Rory Kinnear, and Younger. Zac Efron’s recent films include A Family Affair starring Nicole Kidman, Ricky Stanicky with John Cena, and The Greatest Beer Run Ever alongside Russell Crowe. Director Jody Hill’s resume includes Eastbound & Down, The Righteous Gemstones, Vice Principals, and The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter.
It’s all fun and games until someone ends up dead for one wealthy family and their friends in Netflix’s The Perfect Couple. A detective on the case declares, “These people are used to getting whatever they want. The minute they feel they are losing control, they burn it all down,” and truer words have never been spoken.
The murder mystery’s official trailer arrived just ahead of its September 5, 2024 premiere and features Nicole Kidman, Liev Schreiber, Meghann Fahy, Eve Hewson, and Dakota Fanning. Ishaan Khatter, Billy Howle, and Jack Reynor also star in the six-episode limited series.
“Amelia Sacks is about to marry into one of the wealthiest families on Nantucket. Her disapproving future mother-in-law, famous novelist Greer Garrison Winbury, has spared no expense in planning what promises to be the premiere wedding of the season — until a body turns up on the beach,” reads Netflix’s synopsis. “As secrets come to light, the stage is set for a real-life investigation that feels plucked from the pages of one of Greer’s novels. Suddenly, everyone is a suspect.”
Based on Elin Hilderbrand’s bestseller, The Perfect Couple was adapted by Jenna Lamia who serves as showrunner and executive producer. Susanne Bier directs and executive produces, with author Hilderbrand also involved as an executive producer. Additional executive producers include Josh Barry, 21 Laps Entertainment’s Shawn Levy, Gail Berman and Hend Baghdady for The Jackal Group, and Nicole Kidman and Per Saari for Blossom Films.
Director Ali Abbasi has launched a Kickstarter campaign in support of The Apprentice. Coming off of its North American premiere at the Telluride Film Festival, Briarcliff Entertainment announced the film starring Sebastian Stan as a young Donald Trump would get an October 11, 2024 theatrical release. The pre-election date release is good news for Abbasi and his controversial movie. However, the filmmaker wants to expand the film’s audience via the “Release the Apprentice” Kickstarter campaign.
“The Apprentice is first and foremost humanist, which makes it radically different from all the political noise,” stated executive producer Amy Baer.
“Despite the integrity of the film and without even seeing it, Trump’s campaign sought to suppress it,” said producer Dan Bekerman. “The idea that artists can no longer freely criticize the powerful should concern us all. We need your help to resoundingly reject this dangerous precedent.”
The Apprentice was written by Gabriel Sherman and stars Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump, Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn, and Maria Bakalova as Ivana Trump.
“A young Donald Trump (Stan), eager to make his name as a hungry scion of a wealthy family in 1970s New York, comes under the spell of Roy Cohn (Strong), the cutthroat attorney who would help create the Donald Trump we know today,” reads the official synopsis. “Cohn sees in Trump the perfect protégé—someone with raw ambition, a hunger for success, and a willingness to do whatever it takes to win.”
Director Abassi, Louis Tisne, Scythia Films’ Daniel Bekerman, Profile Pictures’ Jacob Jarek, and Tailored Films’ Ruth Treacy and Julianne Forde served as producers. Amy Baer, Gabriel Sherman, Fred Benenson, Compton Ross, Thorsten Schumacher, Levi Woodward, and Niamh Fagan executive produce. Additional executive producers include Greg Denny, James Shani, Noor Alfallah, Andy Cohen, Andrew Frank, Neil Mathieson, Lee Broda, Blair Ward, Brian Tyler Cohen, and Anders Erden.
“The crowdfunding campaign features tiered reward levels based on donation amounts, including a $25 donation which allows fans to stream the film after it hits theaters, and a $100 donation which entitles fans to see their name in a special section on the end credits roller. Higher level pledges include one of three actual toupees worn by Sebastian Stan on-screen and VIP tickets to attend the film’s Premiere in NYC. All backers will be provided with an official ‘Backer Badge Kit’ that they can use to amplify the film and the campaign.”
2022’s Smile proved how truly terrifying the titular facial expression can be. The 2024 sequel, Smile 2, picks up the twisted tale with a new main character: a pop star who witnesses a bizarre death.
“About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events,” reads Paramount Pictures’ synopsis. “Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control.”
Smile‘s Kyle Gallner returns for the sequel. The cast also includes Rosemarie DeWitt, Lukas Gage, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Peter Jacobson, Ray Nicholson, Dylan Gelula, and Raúl Castillo. Plus, the trailer teases a brief appearance by Drew Barrymore.
The original film’s writer and director Parker Finn returns to handle both duties on the sequel. Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey, Isaac Klausner, Parker Finn, and Robert Salerno serve as producers.
Smile posted a $22 million opening weekend gross when it hit theaters on September 30, 2022. The R-rated horror film exited theaters after ringing up $217 million worldwide at the box office. With an estimated budget of just $17 million, Smile sits at 80% on Rotten Tomatoes.
