Scream 7 Sets Franchise-Best Opening, Outpaces Sony and Warner Bros. at the Box Office

Ghostface just carved up the weekend and the record book. Three decades into this franchise, the latest chapter hit theaters like a siren and the audience showed up big.

Scream 7 slices up the competition

The seventh film, directed by original series writer Kevin Williamson, opened to a franchise-best $64.1 million in the U.S. and Canada across 3,540 theaters. That clears the previous high mark set by 2023's Scream VI ($44.4 million) by a wide margin. Add in $33.1 million from overseas debuts and the global opening lands at $97.2 million — another high-water mark for the series.

Neve Campbell returning as Sidney Prescott clearly moved the needle after she sat out the last film amid a pay dispute. The movie also rallies legacy faces Courteney Cox, David Arquette, and Matthew Lillard — a nostalgia play that still managed to skew young. PostTrak says 77% of the crowd was between 18 and 44.

Premium screens mattered. Large-format showings drove 40% of domestic ticket sales, and this is the first Scream to run in IMAX. That upgrade pulled in $7.1 million worldwide across 738 IMAX auditoriums. About time.

Overseas, Scream 7 banked $33.1 million from 52 markets, which covers roughly 90% of its international rollout and represents a 35% bump over Scream VI in comparable territories. A few key numbers:

• United Kingdom: $5.3 million (series best)
• France: $4.2 million
• Mexico: $3 million
• Australia: $2.5 million
• Germany: $2.4 million

Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong are still on deck, so the international total has room to grow. For now, Paramount and Spyglass Media can enjoy the view from the top — Scream 7 came in above Sony's animated holdover and Warner Bros.' literary adaptation to rule the weekend.

GOAT keeps chugging, but a new challenger is coming

Sony's original animated adventure GOAT added $12 million in its third weekend, raising its domestic total to $73.9 million and worldwide haul to $130.5 million. With an $80 million price tag, it is holding steady, though Disney and Pixar's Hoppers arrives next weekend to test those legs.

Wuthering Heights eyes $200 million

Warner Bros.' Wuthering Heights, from director Emerald Fennell, earned $6.95 million in weekend three. That pushes the domestic total to $72.3 million and the international tally to $119.7 million across 78 territories. Worldwide sits at $192 million, within striking distance of $200 million, extending a healthy run for the studio after last year's streak of Sinners, A Minecraft Movie, and Weapons.