{"id":456095,"date":"2026-03-03T23:22:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T23:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/456095\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T23:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T23:22:15","slug":"scream-7-slashes-its-way-to-no-1-at-u-k-ireland-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/456095\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Scream 7’ Slashes Its Way to No. 1 at U.K., Ireland Box Office"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tParamount\u2019s \u201cScream 7<\/a>\u201d opened at No. 1 at the U.K. and Ireland box office, earning \u00a33.8 million ($5.1 million) in its debut weekend, according to Comscore.<\/p>\n

\n\tWarner Bros.\u2019 \u201cWuthering Heights<\/a>\u201d moved to second in its third frame, adding $3 million to reach $27.7 million in total. Universal\u2019s music event title \u201cEPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert<\/a>\u201d bowed in third place with $2.6 million. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cGOAT<\/a>\u201d ranked fourth in its third weekend with $1.2 million, pushing its cumulative total to $16.1 million. \u201cCrime 101\u201d followed in fifth place, taking $560,000 for a $5.1 million total. Both titles are distributed by Sony.<\/p>\n

\n\tMubi\u2019s \u201cThe Secret Agent\u201d placed sixth in its second weekend with $246,000, lifting its total to $1 million. Disney\u2019s long-running \u201cZootopia 2\u201d continued its extended run in seventh with $244,000, bringing its cumulative to $49 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tNational Theatre\u2019s event cinema release \u201cAudience \u2013 NT Live 2026\u201d was in eighth place with $241,000 for a $728,000 total. CMC Pictures\u2019 \u201cPegasus 3,\u201d currently the No. 1 film in China, opened ninth with $225,000.<\/p>\n

\n\tRounding out the top 10, Disney\u2019s \u201cThe Testament of Ann Lee\u201d launched with $221,000.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe early March slate has Warner Bros.\u2019 \u201cThe Bride!\u201d serving as one of the week\u2019s key studio plays. Netflix also makes a significant theatrical move with \u201cPeaky Blinders: The Immortal Man,\u201d directed by Tom Harper and starring Cillian Murphy alongside Rebecca Ferguson and Barry Keoghan, opening in 100-plus locations.<\/p>\n

\n\tFamily audiences are targeted by Disney\u2019s \u201cHoppers,\u201d while Entertainment Film Distributors rolls out comedy \u201cMother\u2019s Pride\u201d across 300-plus sites. Genre fans are catered to with Vertigo Releasing\u2019s horror title \u201cDolly,\u201d and Arrow Films brings John Woo\u2019s action classic \u201cHard Boiled\u201d back to cinemas in a 4K restoration across 100 locations.<\/p>\n

\n\tEvent cinema continues to play a central role in the marketplace. Trafalgar Releasing presents Royal Opera House ballet \u201cGiselle \u2013 ROH, London 2026,\u201d Shakespeare\u2019s \u201cOthello,\u201d and concert features including \u201cAurora: What Happened to the Earth?\u201d and \u201cEnhyphen [Walk the Line Summer Edition] in Cinemas.\u201d CinemaLive adds stand-up special \u201cJames Acaster \u2013 Cinemagoers Welcome,\u201d while MusicFilmNetwork releases classic concert documentary \u201cSoul to Soul,\u201d and Munro bows \u201cLa Boh\u00e8me,\u201d an opera feature film based on Puccini\u2019s masterpiece, reimagined for modern-day London by Robin Norton-Hale. <\/p>\n

\n\tMubi debuts Mascha Schilinski\u2019s \u201cSound of Falling\u201d in limited release and Sony bows anime \u201cMiss Kobayashi\u2019s Dragon Maid: A Lonely Dragon Wants to Be Loved,\u201d while Tull Stories opens documentary \u201cBreaking Social.\u201d Other international entries include Central City Media\u2019s Korean blockbuster \u201cThe King\u2019s Warden\u201d and Dream Entertainment\u2019s Telugu-language thriller \u201cMrithyunjay.\u201d Sony Pictures rounds out the weekend with a re-release of \u201cDemon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle,\u201d extending the anime franchise\u2019s theatrical footprint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paramount\u2019s \u201cScream 7\u201d opened at No. 1 at the U.K. and Ireland box office, earning \u00a33.8 million ($5.1…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,58537,109754,2839,30382,56,54,55,1829],"class_list":{"0":"post-456095","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-epic-elvis-presley-in-concert","10":"tag-goat","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-scream-7","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom","16":"tag-wuthering-heights"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}