With a spectacular $44.5 million opening weekend at the domestic box office, and a further $22.6 million from 53 overseas markets, Scream VI has debuted with $67.1 million worldwide in its first weekend in theaters. This is an excellent result for the slasher film, which cost a reported $33 million to produce, and was initially projected to make around $50 million worldwide, and between $35 million and $45 million domestically.
Scream VI opened with a fan event at 5 pm on Thursday, before going wide into over 3,100 theaters half-an-hour later. The film made $5.7 million in Thursday previews, followed by $19.3 million on Friday. Needless to say, this is the biggest opening in the iconic horror franchise’s history, by far. The record was previously held by Scream 3, which made $34 million in its domestic opening weekend more than two decades ago in the year 2000.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY According to Paramount, 51% of the audience was male, and 42% was in the key 18-24 demographic. Caucasians made up for 40% of the audience, while Hispanic audiences contributed to 30% of the film’s total viewership. Scream VI received a solid B+ CinemaScore from opening day crowds, and the film currently sits at a 75% “fresh” rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.
Also directed by Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett, Scream VI takes the action outside the fictional town of Woodsboro for the first time, and follows the survivors of the last movie to New York City, where they are once again haunted by the Ghostface killer. The film stars Melissa Barrera, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Jack Champion, Henry Czerny, Mason Gooding, Roger L.
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