{"id":498358,"date":"2026-03-02T00:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T00:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/498358\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T00:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T00:05:08","slug":"scream-7-hits-97-million-globally-wuthering-heights-nears-200-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/498358\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Scream 7’ Hits $97 Million Globally, ‘Wuthering Heights’ Nears $200 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cScream 7<\/a>\u201d made a killing in its first weekend at the box office, generating $97.2 million in worldwide ticket sales. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe latest installment in Paramount and Spyglass Media\u2019s 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\u2019s \u201cScream.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tKevin Williamson, who wrote the original \u201cScream,\u201d directed the seventh installment, which follows a new Ghostface killer who targets the daughter of Neve Campbell\u2019s resilient heroine Sidney Prescott. Campbell returned to the franchise after sitting out the sixth entry over a salary dispute<\/a>. Box office watchers believe that nostalgia for her character\u2019s 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. <\/p>\n

\n\tPremium screens also contributed to the better-than-expected start, with Imax, ScreenX and other pricier formats representing 40% of total grosses. This is the first film in the \u201cScream\u201d franchise to be offered in Imax.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis historic, franchise record-breaking box office performance is a testament to the enduring legacy created by our director Kevin Williamson 30 years ago, led by the incomparable Neve Campbell, breakout star Isabel May, legacy stalwart Courteney Cox and the entire cast,\u201d said Spyglass Media\u2019s chairman and CEO Gary Barber before shouting out Paramount executives Josh Greenstein, Dana Goldberg, Josh Goldstine and Shaun Barber. \u201cWe are truly grateful to audiences around the world who enthusiastically showed up to theaters, ready for another thrilling Ghostface experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWith the marketing campaign for \u201cScream 7,\u201d which included a prime spot at the Super Bowl as well as Ghostface appearances at events like UFC 324 in Las Vegas, the studio wanted to excite not just fans of the franchise but younger, horror-loving audiences.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s a daunting task to market the seventh film in a franchise,\u201d says Paramount\u2019s president of global marketing and distribution Josh Goldstine. \u201cWe focused on bringing in the nostalgia. This is \u2018Scream\u2019s\u2019 30th anniversary, and we have Neve back. We focused the promotion on this sense of destiny and \u2018it\u2019s all led to this.’\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn terms of the international start, these ticket sales are 35% above 2023\u2019s \u201cScream VI\u201d for the same group of markets. (The franchise\u2019s sixth installment opened to $22.6 million from 53 territories and ended its theatrical run with $58 million overseas and $166 million globally.) \u201cScream 7\u201d enjoyed the largest debut in United Kingdom with $5.3 million, followed by France with $4.2 million, Mexico with $3 million, Australia with $2.5 million, and Germany with $2.4 million. It has yet to open in Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter a rough 2025 for Paramount, \u201cScream 7\u201d marks the studio\u2019s first No. 1 release since last March\u2019s action comedy \u201cNovocaine.\u201d Earlier this week, Paramount shocked Hollywood by outbidding Netflix for control of Warner Bros. Discovery. Although the company\u2019s CEO David Ellison has promised otherwise, theater owners are worried<\/a> the major media merger will result in fewer new movies on the big screen at what\u2019s already been a tough time for the box office.<\/p>\n

\n\tElsewhere at the global box office, \u201cWuthering Heights<\/a>\u201d is nearing the $200 million mark after three weekends of release. So far, director Emerald Fennell\u2019s literary adaptation has grossed $119.7 million overseas from 78 territories, as well as $72.3 million in North America. The film, which cost $80 million to produce, continues a winning box office streak for Warner Bros. after last year\u2019s hits such as \u201cSinners,\u201d \u201cA Minecraft Movie\u201d and \u201cWeapons.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAnother holdover, Sony\u2019s original animated adventure \u201cGOAT,\u201d legged out to $130.5 million worldwide. Those returns include $56.6 million internationally from 53 markets and $73.9 million domestically. \u201cGOAT,\u201d which carries an $80 million price tag, will face competition next weekend with the release of Disney and Pixar\u2019s \u201cHoppers.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cScream 7\u201d made a killing in its first weekend at the box office, generating $97.2 million in worldwide…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498359,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[88,206,50916,82685],"class_list":{"0":"post-498358","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-movies","10":"tag-scream-7","11":"tag-wuthering-heights"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}