The hair-raising thriller Smile is finally moving to Ott from theaters. Smile made its theatrical debut in September. After six weeks on the big screen, the hair-raising thriller has surpassed $200 million at the worldwide box office, a very impressive figure considering its meager $17 million to produce.
However, if you didn’t get a chance to see it in theaters, you can now stream it from your comfy couch on Paramount+. To stream the movie, you’ll need to sign up for a Paramount+ account, with plans starting at $4.99/mo. The film will also be released on 4K Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD on December 13, available to preorder on Amazon.
Paramount’s original horror film follows a dedicated therapist named Dr. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) who begins to have strange and frightening experiences after witnessing a traumatic incident involving one of her patients. This patient, played by Caitlin Stasey, describes to Dr. Cotter the visions she’s been seeing, which come to life in the form of a terrifying evil grin that smiles back at her.
A film adaptation of the Finn short film was announced in June 2020, with the cast added in October 2021. Filming began that month in New Jersey. Originally slated for a streaming release via Paramount+, the studio opted to release the film theatrically after strong positive test screenings. Smile had its world premiere at Fantastic Fest on September 22, 2022, and was released in the United States on September 30, 2022 by Paramount Pictures.
Smile earned positive reviews from critics, who praised the visuals, sound design, musical score, themes, direction, and Bacon’s performance, and has grossed $210 million worldwide on a budget of $17 million. . In Finn’s debut, Smile (out September 30), a malevolent supernatural entity takes over people and forces them to perform terrible acts while grinning from ear to ear.
As part of Paramount’s marketing campaign for the film, the performers were prominent at Friday baseball games, where they donned the biggest smile they could muster. “I have to say that Paramount’s marketing has been very clever with some of the tricks they had up their sleeves for this movie,” says Finn. “This is something that had been discussed a while ago and we were all kind of crossing our fingers that someone would notice it.”
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