Box Office: Thrillers draw in moviegoers ahead of Halloween

Psychological horror-thriller, Smile 2 opened with $1.89 million this week, to take the top slot at the Australian box office.

Hoyts notes this is in line with the original movie’s opening weekend takings back in 2022, before it went on to make $8.54 million.

In second spot was family flick The Wild Robot, taking $692,000 over the weekend to bring its total box office to $14.56 million.

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