Scary Movie's Record Box Office
Scary Movie Franchise Roars Back with $105.5 Million Worldwide Debut, Setting New Records
Scary Movie 6 delivered a franchise-best opening, landing at No. 1 worldwide with $105.5 million, including $55 million domestically and $50.5 million internationally across 53 markets. The release reunited the “Core Four” and brought back Marlon and Shawn Wayans, along with Anna Faris and Regina Hall, while Keenen Ivory Wayans and other original writers returned behind the scenes after more than 17 years away. Multiple outlets tied the performance to a deliberate return to unapologetic R-rated parody—spawning strong audience demand even in a crowded theatrical year—and pointed to the film’s targeting of recent horror and pop-culture hits. Reports also highlighted an aggressive marketing push that amplified fan interest through theater-first trailer rollout and major digital and experiential activations that kept the franchise in the cultural conversation. In North America, the comedy led the box office with a $55 million opening, placing it ahead of other new releases including Masters of the Universe and Backrooms. Overall, the figures and creative comeback suggest the franchise has found a fresh path back to theaters while still leaning on the Wayans-era formula.
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Scary Movie’s trailer rollout included a theater-first debut ahead of “Scream 7,” generating “more than 300 million views through fan-recorded reactions,” and then a launch that drew “more than 410 million views in its first seven days,” becoming “the second-biggest trailer debut in Paramount history.”
Paramount and Miramax complemented the ad campaign with major tie-ins: a Times Square “Shorty’s Living Room” stunt that drew “65M+ views,” plus a recreation of the franchise’s “iconic Nike basketball parody” from “Scary Movie 2,” while “Social content… topped 1B combined views.”
The opening’s geographic performance was especially strong—domestically it came from “3,490 locations,” and internationally it ranked No. 1 in “95 percent of its overseas footprint.” It also set “all-time Paramount opening records” in Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, and Bolivia.
Miramax’s production cost is reported at “a total of $30 million,” providing additional context for how the franchise’s return performed financially relative to its reported budget.
In North America, the order of competition behind Scary Movie’s $55 million lead was clear in estimates: “Masters of the Universe” opened second with $29.3 million (Comscore), followed by “Backrooms” at $25.9 million and “Obsession” at $25.6 million.
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