Congratulations are in order for Paramount/Spyglass Media‘s Scream VI , which set a new opening high slicing and dicing it's way to a whopping $44.5M at the weekend US box office.
As for the global market, the sixth installment managed to gross $67.1M, surpassing Scream 3 for having the biggest box office opening throughout the long-running Kevin Williamson-created series. At the international box office, it also set a franchise-best with $22.6M from 53 markets, a whopping 60% above the 2022 Scream. Domestic, too, was a record launch.
Ghostface wrecked havok on the UK with $3.6M from 627 locations, 22% over last year’s entry. France debuted to $3.5M at 427, 110% above Scream 2022. Both the UK and France landed No. 2 bows behind Creed III which showed strong staying power in it's second week.
Now with Scream VI being the biggest box office draw in quite sometime, what does this mean for franchise scream queen Neve Campbell, who declined to appear in the film due to a pay dispute?
Personally, I loved their explanation as to why she's not in the film, but thinking like a studio head who's loving the box office nymbers, I get the fans will always have a special place in their heart for Sidney, but does the franchise really need her anymore?
Hopefully she can negotiate a deal similar to fellow legacy star Courteney Cox (who got an Executive Producer credit and will get paid off the film's backend gross) if she decides to appear in Scream VII. Otherwise after almost 30 years of the franchise existing, it may be time for us hardcore fans to say goodbye to Sidney Prescott.
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