M3GAN's Thursday night box office tops Smile's 2022 opening, which went on to be the highest-grossing horror movie of the year.
The first box office numbers for M3GAN are in, and its opening night is slightly ahead of last year's Smile. A joint production between James Wan and Jason Blum, M3GAN follows Get Out's Allison Williams as a brilliant roboticist who creates the titular artificially intelligent doll to look over her recently orphaned niece , and she soon develops self-awareness and becomes hostile to anyone who stands in her way.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY Now, the first box office numbers for M3GAN are in. Per Variety, the sci-fi horror film opened to $2.75 million in Thursday night preview showings. This is slightly ahead of Smile, which opened to $2.1 million last year. These numbers are a positive sign for M3GAN since Smile went on to earn $216 million at the box office and become the highest-grossing horror movie of 2022.
M3GAN will take a slight cut out of Avatar: The Way of Water's fourth weekend in theaters, though it won't be nearly enough to stop its dominance at the box office. Avatar: The Way of Water is expected to make $30 million to $35 million this weekend.
While it won't be topping Avatar: The Way of Water anytime soon, opening ahead of Smile on Thursday night is an encouraging sign for M3GAN. The comparison is an appropriate one since both low-budget horror movies enjoyed viral marketing campaigns, with Smile sending people to photobomb baseball games and M3GAN inspiring TikTok dance challenges.
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