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‘Scream 7’ Launches to Killer $97 Million at Global Box Office, ‘Wuthering Heights’ Nears $200 Million

“Scream 7” made a killing in its first weekend at the box office, generating $97.2 million in worldwide ticket sales.

The latest installment in Paramount and Spyglass Media’s long-running slasher series has collected $33.1 million overseas and $64.1 million domestically. Those returns mark a global, international and North American record for the franchise, which began with 1996’s “Scream.”

Kevin Williamson, who wrote the original “Scream,” directed the seventh installment, which follows a new Ghostface killer who targets the daughter of Neve Campbell’s resilient heroine Sidney Prescott. Campbell returned to the franchise after sitting out the sixth entry over a salary dispute. Box office watchers believe that nostalgia for her character’s comeback, as well as other legacy cast members including Courteney Cox, David Arquette and Matthew Lillard, were a factor in the record opening weekend turnout.

Weekend Box Office: Scream 7 Scores Franchise-Best Opening

For all the hubbub surrounding the latest film in a 30-year-old horror franchise, the negativity didn’t stop fans from showing up. Neither did the controversy surrounding its final girl regime change and the supposed ensuing boycott, or even the reviews, when the bulk of the nation’s critics got to catch up with it, labeling it the worst of the bunch. No matter, because Paramount may already be looking at their biggest success story for all of 2026.

Wes Craven’s Scream was released 30 years ago, just before Christmas, in 1996. It opened to $6.3 million and ended up becoming one of the biggest word-of-mouth successes the holiday season has ever seen, grossing over $103 million. Scream 2 was greenlit quickly and came to theaters the following year, opening to $32.9 million and grossing over $101 million. In 2000, the film that supposedly was going to end the trilogy began in February with $34.7 million and finished with $89.1 million. Wes Craven returned to his baby 11 years later with Scream 4, but audiences weren’t as enthusiastic, as it opened with only $18.6 million and finished with a disappointing $38.1 million.

'Scream 7' rules the box office with record opening weekend

"Scream 7" has sliced its way to No. 1 at the domestic box office, scoring the biggest opening weekend in the horror franchise's 30-year history.

The latest slasher sequel starring Neve Campbell debuted with $64.1 million in North American theaters, according to estimates from Comscore released on Sunday. This surpasses the franchise's previous biggest opening weekend of $44.4 million for 2023's "Scream VI." It's also the biggest opening weekend of 2026 so far, topping the $32.8 million launch of "Wuthering Heights."

Prior to "Scream VI," the fifth "Scream" movie, which was the series' first new entry in over a decade, opened to $30 million in January 2022 amid continued COVID-19 concerns. 2011's "Scream 4," the series' lowest-grossing installment, started with $18.7 million in 2011.

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