Paramount/Spyglass’ “Scream 7” isn’t simply going to interrupt the horror franchise’s opening weekend file…it’s going to shatter it. After incomes $28.8 million on opening day — together with $7.8 million from Thursday previews — the slasher movie is headed for a $60 million-plus opening weekend from 3,540 places.
Trade estimates have the movie, which sees Neve Campbell return as sequence protagonist Sidney Prescott, incomes as a lot as $66.5 million this weekend, blowing previous the earlier franchise file of $44.5 million earned by “Scream VI” in 2023.
“Scream 7” is the results of a significant pivot by Paramount and Spyglass after Melissa Barrera, the star of the earlier two installments, was fired by the latter over posts she made in help of Palestinians killed by Israel’s navy assaults on Gaza in late 2023. Kevin Williamson, author of the unique 1996 Wes Craven movie took over as director on this mission whereas Campbell, who sat out “Scream VI” over a pay dispute, returned for this installment targeted on her character.
This robust opening weekend is a good begin for Paramount, which sports activities a franchise-heavy 2026 slate with sequels for sequence like “Jackass,” “Indignant Birds,” “Scary Film” and “Paw Patrol.” However the one blemish for “Scream 7” is that viewers metrics aren’t as robust as for the earlier two movies that efficiently revived “Scream” and launched it to a brand new technology.
Whereas “Scream 5” and “Scream VI” each earned a B+ from opening evening audiences on CinemaScore, this installment earned a B-. Rotten Tomatoes scores stand at 33% critics and 78% viewers in comparison with 77% and 90% respectively for “Scream VI.”
We are going to see if these decrease scores result in a extra frontloaded theatrical run as “Scream 7” chases the $166 million international complete of its predecessor. However the movie must be a field workplace success towards its $45 million finances break up by Paramount and Spyglass.