Scream Dethrones Spider-Man: No Way Home At Global Box Office With $30.6 Million Debut
Spider-Man: No Way Home had taken over the box office for the past couple of weeks. However, with new releases in the international markets, Paramount Pictures' Scream reboot has now stolen the spotlight.
Spider-Man:
No
Way
Home
had
taken
over
the
box
office
for
the
past
couple
of
weeks.
However,
with
new
releases
in
the
international
markets,
Paramount
Pictures'
Scream
reboot
has
now
stolen
the
spotlight.
According
to
reports,
the
film
debuted
with
$30.6
million
in
ticket
sales
over
the
weekend.
Scream
is
the
fifth
film
in
the
franchise
and
a
reboot
introducing
a
new,
younger
cast.
The
film
helmed
by
Matt
Bettinello-Olpin
and
Tyler
Gillett
was
made
in
about
$24
million
to
make,
with
$18
million
for
releases
across
50
international
markets.
It
features
original
Scream
cast
members
Neve
Campbell,
Courteney
Cox
and
David
Arquette
alongside
new
additions
Melissa
Barrera,
Jenna
Ortega
and
Jack
Quaid.
Paramount
reportedly
expects
the
film
to
earn
$35
million
including
Monday's
gross
collection.
On
the
other
hand,
Spider-Man:
No
Way
Home
had
moved
to
second
place
but
the
collection
has
risen
in
the
past
week.
According
to
Comcast,
No
Way
Home
grossed
$20.8
million
in
its
fifth
weekend
of
release.
The
film's
domestic
collection
in
US
and
Canada
will
total
$703.9
million
Monday.
Meanwhile,
Scream
also
marks
Hollywood's
first
box
office
success
of
2022.
However,
the
collection
may
be
affected
due
to
the
surge
of
the
omicron
variant
in
COVID-19
has
further
upended
release
plans
of
some
winter
movies.
Chris
Aronson,
distribution
chief
for
Paramount,
opened
up
about
the
COVID-19
cases
and
said,
"All
of
our
traditional
measures
were
indicating
a
solid
opening,
but
as
I
kept
telling
people:
We're
still
in
this
thing
and
it's
very
difficult
to
determine
what
will
actually
happen.
Now
we're
open,
people
have
seen
the
movie
and
we're
off
and
running.
Hopefully,
this
becomes
another
building
block
toward
building
the
business
back
and
getting
it
back
to
some
semblance
of
normalcy."
Apart
from
Scream,
Paramount
is
also
gearing
up
for
releases
like
Top
Gun:
Maverick
and
Mission
Impossible
7
which
have
been
postponed
due
to
the
pandemic.