‘Scary Movie’ Breaks Franchise Record With $55 Million Opening

BreakingBusinessBreaking News‘Scary Movie’ Breaks Franchise Record With $55 Million OpeningByZachary Folk,Forbes Staff. I cover breaking news.Follow AuthorJun 07, 2026, 05:01pm EDTJun 07, 2026, 05:03pm EDTTopline“Scary Movie” opened with $55 million at the domestic box office over the weekend, according to early numbers first reported by the Hollywood trade publications—breaking a record for the biggest opening weekend for the horror-comedy franchise, while several of the year’s biggest releases broke records of their own.Horror films had another strong weekend at North American theaters, and “Scary Movie” and “Obsession” both broke records.Getty Images for Paramount PicturesKey Facts“Scary Movie,” the sixth installment in the long-running horror comedy series that began in 2000, grossed about $55 million domestically and came in first over the weekend, while pulling in another $50.5 million in international markets.“Obsession,” the horror feature directed by former YouTuber Curry Barker, only posted a 7% decline for its fourth weekend in theaters—a rare feat for the film that has now grossed $152.1 million in North America and almost $200 million globally, making it distributor Focus Features’ most successful film at the box office ever.“Michael,” the Michael Jackson biopic that already broke biopic records when it debuted in April, grossed another $7.7 million in North America over the weekend—breaking another record as it becomes distributor Lionsgate’s highest-grossing film worldwide, surpassing “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.”Meanwhile, “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” the animated feature adaptation of the beloved Nintendo character that debuted at the beginning of April, became the first film of 2026 to surpass $1 billion globally at the box office. if (!window.cnxel) { window.cnxel = {}; window.cnxel.cmd = []; var iframe = document.createElement('iframe'); iframe.style.display = 'none'; iframe.onload = function() { var iframeDoc = iframe.contentWindow.docum...