Article content Warning: This article contains spoilers for Smile 2 . Smile 2 star Naomi Scott knows date nights can be a tricky thing, especially for fans of fright flicks with non-horror loving partners. But hear her out.
She’s ready to list off a bunch of reasons why writer-director Parker Finn’s sequel to his 2022 scary smash is the perfect excuse to call the babysitter for an escape to the movie theatre. “You’re going to scream, obviously. You’re going to jump,” Scott acknowledges enthusiastically, before adding quickly, “but you’re going to laugh.
And you’re also going to bop to some great music. This is a rollercoaster ride and it’s the most fun you’ll have at the cinema.” So far, audiences agree with her sales pitch.
Smile 2 earned $23 million in its opening weekend frame. Finn returned to write and direct the unsettling sequel to his 2022 supernatural thriller, which was a surprise hit at the box office two years ago after earning more than $217 million worldwide against a $17 million budget. In the follow-up, Scott plays Skye Riley, a global pop star who becomes the target of a demonic entity that feeds on her trauma after she suffers a car accident and witnesses an old friend (Lukas Gage) gruesomely killing himself.
Skye is there hoping to score some drugs, but instead she ends up getting infected by a death curse when her old pal issues a fateful creepy smile as he bashes his head in. The evil hex from the first movie remains unchanged: onc.
