Scream 7 topped the weekend box office with a franchise best, by a lot. The film grossed an estimated $64.1 million domestically topping 2023’s Scream VI’s debut of $44.4 million. It was unknown what would happen with Scream 7 after a rocky start and some threatening boycotts but the fans showed up for the return of Sidney Prescott. Internationally, the movie grossed $33.1 million for a worldwide debut of $97.2 million.

While that’s a solid debut, horror films tend to drop int heir second weekend, so there’s a good chance the movie will gross a franchise best, it’s a crapshoot if it’ll cross $200 million worldwide which no Scream film has done before.

Here’s how the previous films stack up:

• Scream (1996) – $6.4 million domestic opening, $103 million domestic gross, $173 million worldwide gross
• Scream 2 (1997) – $32.9 million domestic opening, $101.4 million domestic gross, $172.4 million worldwide gross
• Scream 3 (2000) – $34.7 million domestic opening, $89.1 million domestic gross, $161.8 million worldwide gross
• Scream 4 (2011) – $18.7 million domestic opening, $38.2 million domestic gross, $97.2 million worldwide gross
• Scream (2022) – $30 million domestic opening, $81.6 million domestic gross, $137.7 million worldwide gross
• Scream VI (2023) – $44.4 million domestic opening, $108.4 million domestic gross, $166.6 million worldwide gross

GOAT slipped to second place after last week’s first place. The film added an estimated $12 million to its domestic total to bring that to just under $74 million. Internationally, the film grossed $12.5 million over the week to bring that to $56.5 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $130.5 million.

Wuthering Heights dropped one spot to third with just under $7 million to bring its domestic gross to $72.3 million. Over the week, it grossed $28 million internationally to bring that to $119.7 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $192 million.

Twenty One Pilots: More Than We Ever Imagined debuted in fourth place with a domestic gross of $4.3 million.

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert is the second concert film to make the top five rounding it out with $3.5 million over the weekend to bring its domestic gross to $7.8 million. Internationally, it has grossed $6.5 million for a worldwide total of $14.4 million.

In comic related movies…

All You Need Is Kill remained gained about $3,000 over the week and is at $695,095 domestically and $1,815 internationally for a worldwide gross of $696,910.

Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution remained at $16.6 million domestically. Internationally, it also sits at $27.9 million for a worldwide gross of $44.5 million.

Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc remained at $43.4 million domestically. Internationally, the movie has grossed $119.1 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $162.6 million.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie – Infinity Castle has grossed $134.5 million domestically. Internationally, the movie added about $800,000 and is at $598.5 million. Its worldwide gross is $733 million.

Numbers have 38 movies grossing $110,565,863 from 32,983 theaters for an average of $3,352.21. That is compared to last week’s 80 movies grossing $75,773,356 from 38,464 theaters for an average of $1,969.98.