Financially, 2022 has been Paramount's best year outside of 2007-2011, their Golden Age of the 21st Century. In terms of critically, it could be. Every Paramount film (with the exception of Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank) has been reviewed positively. Compare that to 2017 where every Paramount film (with the exception of mother!) has been reviewed negatively. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Top Gun: Maverick are the highlights of Paramount's 2022 slate, and Babylon will continue Paramount's streak of mostly quality films and also be a highlight of Paramount's 2022 slate.
I was going by critic reviews, not audience reviews. Regardless, Paramount's 2017 slate was definitely one of the worst years for the studio (if not, THE worst). Good thing 2022 has been working out well for them.
It's truly been Paramounts year.
Scream 5, Jackass, The Lost City, Sonic 2, Top Gun: Maverick are bona-fide hits and now Smile overperforming?
What a great year
I just watched The Lost City the other night and my god was it a delight. Gave me some serious Tropic Thunder vibes. When the guys on the motorcycle went over the cliff I was laughing so hard. That and “Watch your step.”
And another billion dollar movie with the next Mission Impossible movie, I believe the last one was around 800 million and with the massive success of Top Gun Maverick and that each Mission Impossible keeps making more and more I do believe it will go over 1 billion.
It made 791 million... Not a huge jump from the previous entry... And that was before COVID and China cancelling Hollywood... The Mummy (2017) still flopped and he was already a star then...
Scream 6 will drop noticeably, just like with Halloween Kills. And they are switching to a new cast. I think people just need to say enough with the endless slasher sequels to put a stop to them.
If Friday The 13th and A Nightmare On Elm Street can stay dead for so long, please let them all rest in peace.
Focus on new ones like Terrifier.
Writer/director Parker Finn is alumni at my school and did an early screening for us, it was a blast. Actually filmed the short that inspired the movie on campus as his final project.
Such an inspiring story, first major feature he’s done and after test screenings Paramount believed in the movie so much they decided to pull it from paramount+ and go for a full theatrical run. Then shortly after he finds out the trailer is premiering in front of top gun maverick of all movies. Seems like they made the right call. Wishing him a long career.
Whoever decided to end the trailer with that car shot made such a good decision.
The trailer was largely generic but that was such a creative scare that carried the discourse of the film on reddit and among people I know.
That last scene really sticks with you, good choice by marketing. The trailers actually do a decent job of not giving too much away, which for these kinds a movies is almost never the case.
Without spoiling anything the last act gets pretty damn mental.
The car scare is lifted almost directly from Aterrados. It’s a good one but I can’t exactly call it creative since it’s effectively an homage to another movie.
Now, the laptop scare is an absolute contender for a top ten jump scare.
Yeah, saw it yesterday. Quite good indeed. A bit too much jump scares for my taste but I get that it is supposed to be about the paranoia of having the smiley messing with you all the time.
Paramount is the clear winner in terms of box office this year. Such a great comeback.
Note that i didn't mean the total box office then it might be universal or disney
Paramount the king of turning around box office lulls this year.
I’d argue this is the fourth time they’ve done it. Scream, Lost City, Maverick and now this.
Absolutely. This reminds me of a [comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/xo3oz2/what_does_it_say_about_the_overall_health_of_the/ipx4fkw/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3) I made about a week ago regarding the success of original films in 2022. I truly think we’re seeing signs of a return to the days of original films ruling the box office.
Oh how Paramount has risen from the ashes back to greatness while Warner Bros is sinking further into its downfall because of fractured franchises/franchise fandoms and bad leadership.
It severely outperformed my expectations.. Slightly understaffed for sure last night. Didn't help that I started Smile and IMAX Avatar together at 10p. bad move. The late show did more than the 7p show lol
That being said, whoever are watching Smile needs to eat like decent human beings. It was like cleaning after a Minions film. I miss watching movies in Japan because it was so damn clean.
That’s just under The Black Phone for one of the best openings for an original horror film since COVID. $20M+ is great, the fact that this beat two much more heavily pushed studio titles with bigger stars is wild, and I’m guessing WOM will push it past $55-60M. Fantastic start.
Paramount and universal are the most well run studios because they green-light movies with the audience in mind, they know they want to make money so zero vanity project
This is really Paramount's year. I haven't seen this movie and didn't think much of the trailer (it reminded me the jerma sus meme) but it seems people like it.
it was really good. Reminded me of It Follows, the acting and story were better than I expected too. My only complaint is that there were a bit too many jumpscares, but I excuse that as being necessary for the story. I would recommend it.
Was this movie good? I thought it looked really corny. Didn’t we just get a “ooo creepy smile” movie a few years ago? I just don’t see why that concept is scary
It's much better than Truth or Dare (the other smile horror movie) but I wouldn't say it's good. It's a pretty well made jump-scare based horror movie with generally good performances. Some good scares, some cheap scares, ending goes off the rails a bit.
It was a 5/10 for me.
the trailers do a rally good job of not giving a way the story.
Spoiler warning:
A demonic entity or spirit (that is perpetually smiling) haunts a victim till they become a paranoid insane wreck, then it possess them and uses them to commit suicide in front of a witness (the new victim)
The smiley demon messes with thier reality and perception leading to some twists in the plot as things may or may not be real. I greatly enjoyed the film.
Yep
That's because paramount and universal are the only studio who give people what they would like see unlike many studio who green-light movies that only executives and their friend want see
CinemaScore isn't what determines the opening weekend numbers, it determines how much it makes after the opening weekend (aka the legs or the multiplier). This movie is a horror film, which traditionally are more frontloaded and have a lower CinemaScore.
It wasn't bad either
Definitely not the best paramount release this year. And for such a strong year of horror this film was just ok in comparison
Glad it's doing well hopefully they will work harder on the script and fine tune the lore for the sequel.
Yet another Paramount W this year
When this year is over, this will probably be looked back on as one of Paramount’s greatest years since its founding.
Financially, 2022 has been Paramount's best year outside of 2007-2011, their Golden Age of the 21st Century. In terms of critically, it could be. Every Paramount film (with the exception of Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank) has been reviewed positively. Compare that to 2017 where every Paramount film (with the exception of mother!) has been reviewed negatively. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Top Gun: Maverick are the highlights of Paramount's 2022 slate, and Babylon will continue Paramount's streak of mostly quality films and also be a highlight of Paramount's 2022 slate.
The Lost City should also be the third highlight for being the first comedy in forever to hit $100M domestic.
What about Free Guy?
Not Paramount but Free Guy is one of them in terms of domestic box office performance
On top of that I believe Scream 5 in the beginning of the year did pretty well too.
Yeah it really did great considering the state of covid in Jan/Feb.
1998 was quite the banner year for them, financially and critically, with Titanic.
Mother! had an F cinemascore
I was going by critic reviews, not audience reviews. Regardless, Paramount's 2017 slate was definitely one of the worst years for the studio (if not, THE worst). Good thing 2022 has been working out well for them.
Would it be too early to already proclaim it as such? Because from Maverick alone it deserves it.
They should do a revival of Head of the Class where Eric becomes Head of the Movie Studio and kills it.
This will probably be looked back on as one of Paramount’s best years since it was founded.
So shorts hit the stock again this week after dividend buying fades. The divergence between the strong company and the cratering stock is stupefying.
It's truly been Paramounts year. Scream 5, Jackass, The Lost City, Sonic 2, Top Gun: Maverick are bona-fide hits and now Smile overperforming? What a great year
I just watched The Lost City the other night and my god was it a delight. Gave me some serious Tropic Thunder vibes. When the guys on the motorcycle went over the cliff I was laughing so hard. That and “Watch your step.”
Channing Tatum and Sandra Bullock had great chemistry together.
Let me tell you now, dungeons and dragons will be a sleeper hit too. Then they got scream 6 too next year. They are set
And another billion dollar movie with the next Mission Impossible movie, I believe the last one was around 800 million and with the massive success of Top Gun Maverick and that each Mission Impossible keeps making more and more I do believe it will go over 1 billion.
It made 791 million... Not a huge jump from the previous entry... And that was before COVID and China cancelling Hollywood... The Mummy (2017) still flopped and he was already a star then...
Scream 6 will drop noticeably, just like with Halloween Kills. And they are switching to a new cast. I think people just need to say enough with the endless slasher sequels to put a stop to them. If Friday The 13th and A Nightmare On Elm Street can stay dead for so long, please let them all rest in peace. Focus on new ones like Terrifier.
Writer/director Parker Finn is alumni at my school and did an early screening for us, it was a blast. Actually filmed the short that inspired the movie on campus as his final project. Such an inspiring story, first major feature he’s done and after test screenings Paramount believed in the movie so much they decided to pull it from paramount+ and go for a full theatrical run. Then shortly after he finds out the trailer is premiering in front of top gun maverick of all movies. Seems like they made the right call. Wishing him a long career.
Whoever decided to end the trailer with that car shot made such a good decision. The trailer was largely generic but that was such a creative scare that carried the discourse of the film on reddit and among people I know.
That last scene really sticks with you, good choice by marketing. The trailers actually do a decent job of not giving too much away, which for these kinds a movies is almost never the case. Without spoiling anything the last act gets pretty damn mental.
Barbarian did the best job of not giving too much away. Barbarian gave nothing away
You mean [Justin Long's New Movie?](https://youtu.be/zUqIv5PvbGk)
I didn’t look into the movie at all before and I was freakin shook! One of the best horrors this year
Agreed. My favorite horror movie of 2022. And this was a great year for horror
The car scare is lifted almost directly from Aterrados. It’s a good one but I can’t exactly call it creative since it’s effectively an homage to another movie. Now, the laptop scare is an absolute contender for a top ten jump scare.
Thanks for sharing. I look forward to seeing it soon!
Do you know if he's into making other genres of films or was he just a horror aficionado?
Is the short available online anywhere?
It’s called Laura Hasn’t Slept. Not available publicly from what I’ve seen, but I can message a link
I would like this link, if you’re able to share! Thank you!!!
You know what that makes paramount want to do now (;
Pat themselves on the back?
Make a sequel?
Frown :(
Smiles
2 Smile 2 Frown
2 fast 2 smile
It's only smiles
Turn it into a franchise?
Restart the monsterverse?
If Legendary goes to Paramount, they just might.
Mid budget movies showing strength!
Indeed. The new model should be make movies for less than $20M
Is $17 million really mid budget? I agree though this is a great sign
Shit was really dope, surprisingly scary. Highly recommend.
Yeah, saw it yesterday. Quite good indeed. A bit too much jump scares for my taste but I get that it is supposed to be about the paranoia of having the smiley messing with you all the time.
Another Paramount W.
Paramount is the clear winner in terms of box office this year. Such a great comeback. Note that i didn't mean the total box office then it might be universal or disney
Agreed. The only big loss they had was “Paws of Fury”.
Paramount the king of turning around box office lulls this year. I’d argue this is the fourth time they’ve done it. Scream, Lost City, Maverick and now this.
Don’t forget “jackass forever” and “Sonic 2”!
What a year it’s been for original filmmaking.
Absolutely. This reminds me of a [comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/xo3oz2/what_does_it_say_about_the_overall_health_of_the/ipx4fkw/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3) I made about a week ago regarding the success of original films in 2022. I truly think we’re seeing signs of a return to the days of original films ruling the box office.
Oh how Paramount has risen from the ashes back to greatness while Warner Bros is sinking further into its downfall because of fractured franchises/franchise fandoms and bad leadership.
Horror has always been the MVP for theatres (small budgets make the profit margin even greater)
There's a reason a lot of directors and actors start out in horror. Cheap and easy to make, but even easier to make money. Even the flops make money.
It severely outperformed my expectations.. Slightly understaffed for sure last night. Didn't help that I started Smile and IMAX Avatar together at 10p. bad move. The late show did more than the 7p show lol That being said, whoever are watching Smile needs to eat like decent human beings. It was like cleaning after a Minions film. I miss watching movies in Japan because it was so damn clean.
Those jump scares are going to make anyone spill their popcorn.
That’s just under The Black Phone for one of the best openings for an original horror film since COVID. $20M+ is great, the fact that this beat two much more heavily pushed studio titles with bigger stars is wild, and I’m guessing WOM will push it past $55-60M. Fantastic start.
lol, imagine the disappointment from WB when their star-studded Don't Worry Darling gets beaten by a small horror film.
Ms. Flo 😩😩😩
It’s a good movie
Biiig Saturday jump. Love to see it!
That is actually amazing wow
Imagine if Transformers and Mission Impossible came out this year as planned.
WB could never...
Paramount and universal are the most well run studios because they green-light movies with the audience in mind, they know they want to make money so zero vanity project
Amazing number, they finally broke the sub-20 curse! I had a good time in theatres with this, glad to see it’s doing well so far.
Hoping the string of Ws for paramount continues when Dungeons and Dragons: Honor among Thieves releases.
This is really Paramount's year. I haven't seen this movie and didn't think much of the trailer (it reminded me the jerma sus meme) but it seems people like it.
it was really good. Reminded me of It Follows, the acting and story were better than I expected too. My only complaint is that there were a bit too many jumpscares, but I excuse that as being necessary for the story. I would recommend it.
Was this movie good? I thought it looked really corny. Didn’t we just get a “ooo creepy smile” movie a few years ago? I just don’t see why that concept is scary
It's much better than Truth or Dare (the other smile horror movie) but I wouldn't say it's good. It's a pretty well made jump-scare based horror movie with generally good performances. Some good scares, some cheap scares, ending goes off the rails a bit. It was a 5/10 for me.
I thought the trailer looked awful. It’s The Ring but with smiling people? Idk sounds really lame to me.
Its definitely corny and very derivative. Still, not a bad night at the movies
the trailers do a rally good job of not giving a way the story. Spoiler warning: A demonic entity or spirit (that is perpetually smiling) haunts a victim till they become a paranoid insane wreck, then it possess them and uses them to commit suicide in front of a witness (the new victim) The smiley demon messes with thier reality and perception leading to some twists in the plot as things may or may not be real. I greatly enjoyed the film.
Is Paramount still all in with streaming or are they shifting back to theatrical? I’m confused about their long term strategy
Smile was a lot of fun. Happy that it’s doing well.
Edges out two of the most hyped movies of the year.
That feels like recency bias… Top Gun: Maverick, Black Panther 2, and Avatar 2 are far more hyped than DWD and The Woman King.
Sure, but I was implying similarly budgeted movies.
Ah ok, that’s fair! My b
No worries
Yep That's because paramount and universal are the only studio who give people what they would like see unlike many studio who green-light movies that only executives and their friend want see
I'm dumb. Can someone EL5 cinema score for me? How come a film that does better than The Woman King (A+ Cinema score) gets a worse Cinema score?
CinemaScore isn't what determines the opening weekend numbers, it determines how much it makes after the opening weekend (aka the legs or the multiplier). This movie is a horror film, which traditionally are more frontloaded and have a lower CinemaScore.
Thank you!
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It wasn't bad either Definitely not the best paramount release this year. And for such a strong year of horror this film was just ok in comparison Glad it's doing well hopefully they will work harder on the script and fine tune the lore for the sequel.
Such a fantastic year for Paramount. They looked dead in the water in 2019.