{"id":312832,"date":"2026-02-27T10:22:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T10:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/312832\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T10:22:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T10:22:07","slug":"scream-7-posts-franchise-record-previews-of-7-5m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/312832\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Scream 7&#8217; Posts Franchise Record Previews of $7.5M"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tEXCLUSIVE: After becoming the lead bidder for Warner Bros Discovery, Paramount is capping off a great Thursday with $7.5M in previews for the Spyglass co-production, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/scream-7\/\" id=\"auto-tag_scream-7\" data-tag=\"scream-7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scream 7<\/a>, which would rep a franchise record. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tScream VI previously posted franchise records for previews ($5.7M), 3-day domestic opening ($44.4M) and global debut ($66.4M). Paramount didn\u2019t return request for comment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAll of Scream 7\u2018s money is from tonight, starting with a 6PM fan preview on premium screens with extra content and tchotchkes followed by broader previews at 6:30PM. Scream\u00a07 won\u2019t be playing in 3D like the last 2023 title, rather will be booked in Imax and ScreenX auditoriums for the first time in the horror franchise\u2019s history. The seventhquel is also playing D-Box and premium large-format screens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tCritics are far more severe on Scream 7 than the recent Radio Silence reboots at 38% Rotten, and an audience score of 79%. Scream VI was 77% certified fresh with critics and 90% with audiences, while 2022\u2019s Scream was 76% with critics and 82% with audiences. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWhat\u2019s the appeal of Scream 7? Why, original franchise scribe, Kevin Williamson, who is directing for the first time on the 30-year horror series. The action has Neve Campbell\u2019s Sidney Prescott back in Pine Grove, Indiana with her daughter in tow (Isabel May). They\u2019re both being threatened by Ghostface killers. Radio Silence (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett) produce this time around after helming the 2022 reboot Scream and 2023\u2019s Scream VI. Courtney Cox\u2019s Gale Weathers among other Scream dramatis personae are back for part seven.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tScream 7 is the only major studio wide entry this weekend. The pic cost a net $45M before P&amp;A, co-financed 50\/50 between Spyglass and Paramount. The six previous\u00a0Scream\u00a0movies have grossed a combined worldwide total of $908.5M. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tScream 7 is playing 52 offshore territories this weekend including Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: After becoming the lead bidder for Warner Bros Discovery, Paramount is capping off a great Thursday with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[146,85,46,397,19301],"class_list":["post-312832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-movies","tag-scream-7"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}