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Paramount’s ‘Scream 7’ Hits Highest Decibel With $97.2 Million Global Box Office Debut

Paramount Pictures’ seventh installment in the 30-year-old “Scream” horror franchise didn’t disappoint, generating a $97.2 million global box debut through March 1.

Scream 7, featuring returning cast members Courtney Cox, Neve Campbell and David Arquette, bowed at No. 1 across North American screens with $64.1 in estimated ticket sales.

The opening marks the franchise’s largest international launch and the biggest ever domestic opening for a February horror theatrical release. It’s also Paramount’s first theatrical No. 1 debut in almost 12 months.

Gary Barber, CEO of Spyglass Media Group, which launched the “Scream” franchise in 1996 before partnering with Paramount in 2020, lauded Paramount, including co-chairs Josh Greenstein and Dana Goldberg, for being “tremendously supportive since day one” and committed to making Scream 7 a priority tentpole for the studio.

“We are truly grateful to audiences around the world who enthusiastically showed up to theaters, ready for another thrilling Ghostface experience,” Barber said in a statement.

“Even the ‘Alien’ movies, with their blend of science-fiction, creatures and horror, did not open this well at this point in their franchise (the seventh ‘Alien’ movie opened to $51 million in June 2012),” David A. Gross with FranchiseRE, wrote in a post.

Sony Pictures Animation’s GOAT was No. 2  with $12 million, upping its tally after three weekends to almost $74 million domestically and $130.5 million worldwide. Sony’s animation unit is also responsible for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Netflix’s hit feature film KPop Demon Hunters.

Warner Bros. Pictures’ Wuthering Heights, starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, added $7 million in third-weekend ticket sales, upping its tally past $72 in North America and almost $120 million overseas. The worldwide total now stands at $192 million.

Trafalgar Releasing’s concert film Twenty One Pilots: More Than We Ever Imagined — Live in Mexico City was No. 4 over the weekend with $3.7 million in ticket sales.

Neon’s concert film from Elvis director Baz Luhrmann, EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, saw another $3.5 million in ticket sales following last weekend’s $4.3 million debut, upping its North American tally to $7.8 million.

Lionsgate’s I Can Only Imagine 2 added $3.1 million in second-weekend ticket sales, upping its North American total to $13.3 million.

Other results saw Amazon MGM Studios’ Crime 101 add $3.4 million in estimated third-weekend ticket sales to give it $30 million domestically overall since launch, followed by 20th Century Studios’ survival drama Send Help with $2.8 million in fifth-weekend revenue to bring its domestic tally to $60 million.

A24’s How to Make a Killing added $1.6 million in estimated second-weekend ticket sales to give it a global total of $6.3 million.

Finally, Disney’s Zootopia 2, which hit digital retail platforms Jan. 27, added $1.43 million in ticket sales, upping it North American total to $426 million after 14 weeks. The movie will be released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc March 3.

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Paramount Eyeing Outsized ‘Scream 7’ Theatrical Weekend Debut Following Record $7.8 Million Thursday Screening Revenue

Paramount Pictures has high hopes for its first major theatrical release of 2026: the seventh edition of the venerable “Scream” horror franchise, again starring Courteney Cox and Neve Campbell.

The movie is projected to debut with $51 million in North American ticket sales the weekend ending March 1  according to estimates from BoxOfficeReport.com.

The movie tallied a record $7.8 million in Feb. 26 screenings in select markets. The film features Campbell’s return to the franchise after not appearing in the sixth movie, while Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega are absent after appearing in the previous two installments.

“Critical reviews have been mixed, more so negative than positive, but reviews likely won’t come into play at the box office until after opening weekend,” analyst Daniel Garris wrote in a post.

Sony Pictures Animation’s GOAT should drop back to the No. 2 spot with $11.5 million in projected revenue — down about 32% from last weekend’s $16.9 million. The movie is likely to hold up even better this weekend offering family audiences a big screen option before Pixar Animation’s Hoppers hits theaters on March 6.

Warner Bros.’s Wuthering Heights should round out the weekend box office podium with $6.7 million in third-weekend ticket sales.

The rest of the weekend theatrical slate includes six releases, which are projected to generate just $11.9 million in combined ticket sales. They include Neon’s EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert with a projected $3.2 million in revenue; Lionsgate’s I Can Only Imagine 2 ($3.1 million); Amazon MGM Studios’ Crime 101 ($3 million); 20th Century Studios’ Send Help ($2.4 million); Trafalgar Releasing’s new concert film Twenty One Pilots: More Than We Ever Imagined ($1.8 million); and A24’s How to Make a Killing ($1.6 million).

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Sony’s Animated ‘GOAT’ Tops Slow Weekend Box Office Through Feb. 22

Sony Pictures Animation’s GOAT held on to finish No. 1 at the North American box office in its second weekend, posting a projected $17 million in ticket sales through Feb. 22 — down 38% from last weekend’s $27.4 million debut. Through Sunday, the film’s total domestic gross stands at $58.3 million.

Warner Bros. Pictures’ Wuthering Heights, last weekend’s No. 1, added $14.2 million over the weekend, down 57% from its $33 million opening weekend debut. Starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, the movie has generated $59.5 million across North American screens, and $152 million globally.

Newcomers, including Lionsgate’s faith-based sequel I Can Only Imagine 2, 20th Century Studios’ crime thriller Psycho Killer, and A24’s black comedy How to Make a Killing, saw middling box office debuts of $8 million, $1.6 million and $3.5 million, respectively.

“There are very few sequels to inspirational stories,” David A. Gross, with industry newsletter FranchiseRE, wrote in a post about Imagine 2. “This story continues with the singer’s own family, his son’s diabetes, another musician’s cancer, and overcoming the odds. The opening weekend is above average, but with a big drop from the [2018 original] at $17 million.”

Gross said that while Make a Killing is the rare black comedy crime theatrical release, the genre has a weak track-record at the box office, opening domestically.

“On average, these films are well-reviewed, but in this case, critics’ reviews are lukewarm, and there is no audience rating,” Gross wrote.

Neon’s concert movie EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, directed by Elvis helmer Baz Luhrmann, bowed at No. 7 with $3.2 million.

Paramount’s Primate added $314,000 in foreign ticket sales, upping international revenue to $15.6 million; it has earned $25.6 million across North American screens. The studio’s The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants added $807,000 across 57 international markets, upping its foreign ticket sales to $96 million; it has earned $71 million across North American screens.

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Sony’s Animated ‘GOAT’ Looks to Move Atop Weekend Box Office Through Feb. 22

Sony Pictures Animation’s GOAT looks to move from its runner-up position last weekend to atop the weekend box office with $18.5 million in projected ticket sales through Feb. 22, according to estimates from BoxOfficeReport.com.

The movie generated three-day and four-day revenue of $27.2 million and $35.12 million, respectively, through Feb. 16.

Lionsgate’s faith-based sequel I Can Only Imagine 2 aims to follow the breakout success of 2018’s I Can Only Imagine, which generated $86 million at the global box office.  The sequel is projected to finish No. 2 over the weekend with $13.3 million in ticket sales, after generating $1.8 million in Feb. 19 limited screenings.

Other new weekend releases include A24’s Glenn Powell comedy/thriller How to Make a Killing with $2.5 million in ticket sales; and 20th Century Studios’ Psycho Killer slasher film, starring Georgina Campbell (Barbarian), with $2 million in estimated ticket sales.

Last weekend’s No. 1, Warner Bros. Pictures’ Wuthering Heights, looks to rank No. 3 with $13 million in projected second-weekend ticket sales.

Amazon MGM Studios’ Crime 101, starring Chris Hemsworth, Halle Berry and Barry Keoghan, among others, is expected to generate a second-weekend gross of $6.7 million after a top-heavy Valentine’s Day box office debut around $18 million.

Disney-owned 20th Century’s survival drama Send Help, which passed the $50 million domestic mark on Feb. 18, could see a 44% box office decline to $5 million.

Others include Angel Studios’ Solo Mio adding $2.7 million in third-weekend ticket sales; followed by Disney’s Zootopia 2 with $2.6 million in 13th weekend revenue.

The latter was released across digital retail platforms on Jan. 26, and will be released on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD disc March 3.

Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th Century Studios) should add $2.2 million in its 10th weekend, followed by Briarcliff’s horror comedy Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die with $1.8 million in second-weekend ticket sales.

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Cineverse CEO Chris McGurk Cites Weather for Modest ‘Return to Silent Hill’ Theatrical Debut

Cineverse continues to look for a theatrical release to rival the distributor’s outsized “Terrifier” franchise that has generated $65.3 million in North American ticket sales through three movies with a combined production budget of $2.85 million.

Working with Iconic Events, Cineverse bowed Return to Silent Hill, the third release in the 20-year-old horror “Silent Hill” mystery franchise, which was No. 7 at the weekend box office Jan. 25 with $3.2 million in revenue — near the company’s total $3.5 million investment in the title.

The tally exceeded some industry expectations that pegged the title’s weekend debut at around $2.6 million.

David A. Gross, with industry newsletter FranchiseRE, said the the movie’s bow was “a weak opening” for the third installment in the franchise.

Even so, he noted, “The budget was a modest $23 million. At that cost, the film should recoup its investment after it finishes ancillary business around the world.”

Like “Terrifier,” and the recently released The Toxic Avenger ($2.86 million), Cineverse only has North American rights to “Silent Hill,” relying on its home entertainment release, including digital retail and streaming, to drive operating margins.

Cineverse recently licensed the streaming rights to The Toxic Avenger, starring Peter Dinklage, Kevin Bacon, Elijah Wood, Jacob Tremblay and Taylour Paige, to Hulu after releasing it theatrically.

In media comments, Cineverse CEO Chris McGurk attributed Return to Silent Hill’s modest debut largely to severe weather impacts across the Eastern part of the country rather than the movie’s quality or appeal.

“The weather clearly was a big factor this weekend and impacted the box office significantly for many films, including ours,” McGurk said.

He expressed hope that “the industry will get some of this missed demand back” once the blizzards and deep freeze subsided, suggesting pent-up audience interest could drive better returns in subsequent weeks.

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20th Century Studios’ ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Looks to Start 2026 Box Office at No. 1

Disney-owned 20th Century Studios’ sci-fi fantasy Avatar: Fire and Ash looks to start 2026 the same way it ended 2025: No. 1 at the box office.

The third movie in the James Cameron-directed “Avatar” franchise is projected to sell more than $38 million in North American ticket sales for the weekend through Jan. 4, upping its domestic haul past $301 million after three weekends.

Fire and Ash has generated more $900 million at the global box office since its Dec. 19, 2025, release, and is expected to gross $1 billion by Monday, Jan. 4.

“[The movie] is coming off of a strong second-weekend hold, which saw the film decline just 29.2% in ticket sales,” Daniel Garris with BoxOfficeReport.com, wrote in a post. “Last weekend’s hold was inflated by Christmas weekend and with the way the calendar lines up this year, an event film like [this] should experience a larger decline this weekend than it did last weekend.”

With no new releases, Disney’s animated Zootopia 2 should be No. 2 over the weekend with $15.5 million in sixth-weekend ticket sales, while further cementing its status as the top-grossing theatrical release in 2025 after China’s Ne Zha 2 with $1.46 billion in global revenue.

A24’s Marty Supreme and Lionsgate’s The Housemaid should reverse spots from last weekend with $12.8 million and $13 million in ticket sales, respectively, to rank No. 3 and No. 4.

Sony Pictures’ Anaconda should round out the top 5 with $9.2 million in projected ticket sales, upping its global haul past $50 million, including $44 million across North American screens.

Angel Studios’ David and Paramount’s The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants are projected to finish No. 6 and No. 7 over the weekend with $7.2 million and $7 million in revenue, respectively.

Focus Features’ Song Sung Blue will add $5.9 million in second-weekend ticket sales, followed by Universal’s Wicked: For Good ($3.3 million), and the studio’s Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 with $2.4 million in fifth-weekend revenue.

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Universal’s ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ Tops Weekend Box Office With $63 Million in Revenue

The Universal Pictures/Blumhouse horror sequel Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 didn’t disappoint, selling an estimated $63 million in tickets across North American screens at the weekend box office through Dec. 7.

Featuring returning stars Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Lail and Piper Rubio and again based on the title video game franchise, the sequel’s opening dropped almost 22% below the 2023 original’s $80 million debut — the latter going on to generate $291.5 million at the global box office.

“This is a outstanding opening for the second episode in a horror series,” David A. Gross, with industry newsletter FranchiseRE, wrote in a post. “This weekend’s opening is five times the average for the genre, with a reasonable drop from the first movie. These are elite numbers.”

Gross says the movie’s success underscores the the ongoing strength of horror movies, which generated a record $2.65 billion across 36 titles in 2025, up from the previous high of $2.43 billion in pre-pandemic 2019.

“Horror films have natural advantages at the movies,” Gross says. “They’re best enjoyed on a big screen, with a group of friends, in a dark room full of strangers. They’re inexpensive to make, and it’s excellent material for new talent to work on. It’s a strong combination.”

Separately, Disney Animation’s Zootopia 2 — last weekend’s Thanksgiving box office mega hit — added $43 million in second-weekend ticket sales. The tally ups the movie’s global haul past $915 million, including $220.5 million across North American screens.

Rounding out the box office podium was Universal’s follow-up Wicked: For Good with $15.6 million in third-weekend ticket sales, upping the Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo-starrer’s tally to near $425 million globally and $296 million domestically.

Meanwhile, Lionsgate’s crime thriller Now You See Me: Now You Don’t continues to do strong business globally, reaching $209.3 million worldwide. The film took in $9 million over the weekend from 85 territories for an international gross of more than $154 million. In North America, the film took in an estimated $3.5 million for a domestic tally of $55.3 million.

Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, distributed by Lionsgate, took in $3.25 million across North American screens. The movie adds about seven and a half minutes of never-before-seen animated footage known as “The Last Chapter: Yuki’s Revenge,” to the directors’ combined versions of 2003’s Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2004’s Kill Bill Vol. 2. The film stars Uma Thurman as The Bride, David Carradine, Lucy Liu, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen and Vivica A. Fox.

Paramount’s reboot of The Running Man, starring Glenn Powell, grossed an estimated $1.1 million through Dec. 7, in addition to $2 million internationally. The global tally stands around $65 million, including $37 million domestically.

Finally, Crunchyroll/Sony Pictures anime release Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution added $2.7 million in 47 markets for an overseas total of $15.3 million. The global haul stands at $30.2 million, including non-Crunchyroll/Sony Pictures markets.

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Universal’s ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ Expected to Top Weekend Box Office Through Dec. 7

The Universal Pictures/Blumhouse sequel Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 is projected to top the weekend box office through Dec. 7.

Again featuring director Emma Tammi, and stars Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Lail and Piper Rubio, the video game-based sequel is projected to generate $50 million in North American ticket sales, well below the $80 million for the original, which went on to gross $291.5 million globally, including $137.3 million across North America.

The original opened in theaters and on the Peacock streaming platform concurrently. The sequel is opening in theaters only.

Last weekend’s Thanksgiving week hit Zootopia 2, which opened to $158.8 million, is projected to add $44 million in second weekend ticket sales, pushing the sequel’s global tally past $645 million, including $218 million across North American screens.

Other new releases include GKIDS’ anime Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution with a projected $9 million in ticket sales, and Lionsgate’s Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair ($4 million), the latter impacted by the movie’s long run-time and the semi-wide release, according to Daniel Garris, analyst with BoxOfficeReport.com.

“A good box office comparison … this weekend could prove to be last year’s Imax re-issue of Interstellar, which grossed $4.6 million during the first weekend of December last year (from 165 Imax locations),” Garris wrote in a post.

Meanwhile, returning movies include Universal’s Wicked: For Good with a projected $18.5 million (upping the domestic tally to $300 million); Lionsgate’s Now You See Me: Now You Don’t with an expected $3.5 million ($55.5 million domestically); A24’s Eternity ($2.3 million, $9.1 million); Focus Features’ Hamnet ($2 million, $3.9 million); and 20th Century Studios’ Predator: Badlands ($1.9 million, $88.3 million).

Universal’s ‘Wicked: For Good’ Expected to Dominate Weekend Box Office Through Nov. 23

Universal Pictures’ “Wizard of Oz”-based musical follow-up, Wicked: For Good, featuring returning headliners Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, is projected to dominate the weekend box office through Nov. 23 with $155 million in North American ticket sales, according to estimates from BoxOfficeReport.com.

The opening could exceed the $112.51 million first weekend (Nov. 22-24, 2024) total for its predecessor Wicked, which was released concurrently with Paramount Pictures’ Gladiator II, which generated $55 million in opening ticket sales.

Meanwhile, Lionsgate’s reigning box office champ, Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, is expected to see ticket sales drop 56% to generate $9.2 million in revenue.

Paramount’s The Running Man, with Glen Powell rebooting the 1987 role by Arnold Schwarzenegger, should see ticket sales plummet 65% to $5.8 million, trailing 20th Century Studios’ Predator: Badlands at $6.5 million, which is expected to be down almost 50% from the previous weekend.

Other new releases include Sony/Screen Gems’ post-World War II sequel Sisu: Road to Revenge (projected $4.4 million), again featuring the unkillable title Finnish soldier (Jorma Tommila), this time fighting Soviet Union-era forces; and Searchlight Pictures’ comedy Rental Family, starring Brendan Fraser (projected $3.8 million).

Sisu 2 made $575,000 in Thursday night preview screenings, according to Sony.

Other box office returnees include Paramount’s Regretting You (projected $1.5 million), and Sony Pictures Classics’ World War II trial drama Nuremberg (projected $1.2 million).

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Lionsgate Looks to Return Atop Weekend Box Office With ‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’

Lionsgate’s Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, the third movie in the $687 million franchise, is expected to return Lionsgate to the top of the weekend box office through Nov. 16.

The Ruben Fleischer directed sequel, which showcases an ensemble cast again headed by Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Isla Fisher, Justice Smith and Morgan Freeman, is projected to sell north of $22 million in North American tickets, according to estimates from BoxOfficeReport.com.

Last weekend’s No. 1, Disney-owned 20th Century Studio’s Predator: Badlands, is projected to see a 54% drop in weekend revenue to $18.5 million after losing its Imax screens.

Paramount Pictures’ The Running Man remake is expected to take in $18.3 million. Starring Glen Powell and based on the 1982 Stephen King novel of the same name, it’s a reboot of the 1987 version (starring Arnold Schwarzenegger). Directed by Edgar Wright, the movie also stars William H. Macy Lee Pace, Michael Cera, Emilia Jones, Colman Domingo and Josh Brolin.

The weekend’s other new release, Neon’s Keeper, an ‘R’-rated horror movie from director Osgood Perkins and starring Tatiana Maslany and Rossif Sutherland, is projected to sell $3.3 million in opening weekend tickets.

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