Paramount and Spyglass\u2019 Scream 7 has no intention of slowing its slay of the box office, with the latest installment in the 30-year old franchise bound for $60M+ worldwide start. That would rank as the series\u2019 second-best opening following 2023\u2019s Scream VI, starring Jenna Ortega and Melissa Barrera, which posted the best domestic opening ever at $44.4M and global at $66.4M in 50 territories. Scream 7 is the sole big wide entry on marquees this weekend, playing 3,500 theaters in U.S.\/Canada and 52 offshore markets.<\/p>\n
Rivals have been going wild that Scream 7 could overperform its stateside $40M outlook, but forecasts have been wonky: Many were seeing a $50M opening for Wuthering Heights, and it was not, with a 4-day of $37.5M.<\/p>\n
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The sell with 7 is that after Scream VI took a rare detour for Manhattan, Neve Campbell\u2019s Sidney Prescott is back in Pine Grove, Indiana, where Ghostface broke out. Her daughter is the target. Also, Scream scribe Kevin Williamson finally is in the director\u2019s chair for the seventhquel, which is a big deal for fans. Williamson co-wrote the script with Scream, Scream VI and Ready or Not screenwriter Guy Busick.<\/p>\n
Scream 7\u2018s $45M net production cost was co-financed by Paramount and Spyglass. The six Scream movies have grossed $908.5M, with the 1996 original Scream the highest-grossing chapter with $173M WW (unadjusted for inflation and currency swings).<\/p>\n
A special fan event in U.S.\/Canada will kick\u00a0off previews at 6 p.m. on Thursday, followed by broader previews at 6:30 p.m. Scream 7 isn\u2019t in 3D like the last film but will be presented in Imax and ScreenX auditoriums for the first time. It\u2019s also booked in D-Box and premium large-format screens.<\/p>\n
The anticipated international debut of $20M will be driven by such major markets as Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain and the United Kingdom.\u00a0Seven markets including Korea will release later. Scream movies have seen black, not red, in Europe \u2014 France, UK, Germany were the top-performing territories there last time \u2014 and Latin American territories, though this weekend comes with an asterisk and that\u2019s with Mexico. The last movie did a $2.4M opening and $5.3M take south of the border. unadjusted for inflation. However, there\u2019s great concern whether moviegoing will be curbed in Mexico this weekend given the chaotic fallout from the killing of cartel head Nemesio\u00a0\u201cEl Mencho\u201d\u00a0Oseguera Cervantes, and the gang riots that reportedly have\u00a0torched buses and businesses, as well as clashes with security forces. France benefits from have a 12 rating instead of a 16 for the U.S. R-rated horror film; that country was Scream VI\u2018s highest-grossing territory outside North America with a near $10M (again, as reported).<\/p>\n
Stateside there\u2019s an expected turnout from multicultural audiences and males and females 17-34. Scream VI posted the best previews in U.S.\/Canada of the franchise with $5.7M and a first Friday of $19.2M. Saturday held pretty good -20% against that bulked up day with $15.3M, horror films notorious for being frontloaded.<\/p>\n
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