After the jaw-dropping $18.8 million start for Bloody Disgusting's "Terrifier 3" and the continued legs of Warner Bros.' "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice," there's a clear appetite among moviegoers for horror in all of its forms this Halloween season.

"Smile 2," a sequel to Paramount's creepy 2022 thriller, is hoping to put a grin on the face of despondent movie theater owners.

There’s really one true one wide release this weekend and it’s Paramount’s sequel Smile 2 which currently presales point toward a high-teens result. Tracking earlier this week indicated higher in the $20M+ range but that all depends on whether Latino and Hispanic moviegoers send this $28M sequel to the 2022 original to another stratosphere.