Movie Monday: ‘Scream 7’ Has a Knife Time at the Box Office

The Scream franchise is much like its masked killer: It likes to lurk around in the background for a little while; then, it jumps out of nowhere and makes a killing.

Scream 7 is no different. The movie ghosted its way to first place at the box office in its debut weekend, generating $64.1 million in the United States. Worldwide, the horror staple took in $97.2 million.

The scary movie utterly slew its competition. The next highest film was GOAT, which fell from first place to second by making $12 million. That still raises its domestic earnings to $74 million and its worldwide cume to $130.5 million. Not bad for a kid whose ball just got popped by a killer’s hunting knife.

Third place went to Wuthering Heights, a movie that seems to be in the habit of losing half its audience each week. This time, following a 50% drop in attendance, the Brontë-based film brought in $7 million. Factoring in that gain, its domestic gross comes to $72.3 million; worldwide, the movie has made $192 million.

Taking the box office’s fourth and fifth spots were two music-based concert films. In fourth place, Twenty One Pilots: More Than We Ever Imagined earned $4.3 million. And the King of Rock and Roll himself took fifth with EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert. That movie earned a chunk, a chunk of money—$3.5 million, actually. And considering Twenty One Pilots covered Presley’s “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” there’s a chance audiences may have heard some Elvis at either film.

As for other new releases, anime Umamusume: Pretty Derby – Beginning of a New Era started its race in 13th place. It generated a mere $900,000.

Kennedy Unthank

Kennedy Unthank studied journalism at the University of Missouri. He knew he wanted to write for a living when he won a contest for “best fantasy story” while in the 4th grade. What he didn’t know at the time, however, was that he was the only person to submit a story. Regardless, the seed was planted. Kennedy collects and plays board games in his free time, and he loves to talk about biblical apologetics. He’s also an avid cook. He thinks the ending of Lost “wasn’t that bad.”

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