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Scary Movie screamed its way to No. 1 at the weekend box office, with a $55 million domestic take and $105.5 million haul globally.
That domestic figure is nearly double what Masters of the Universe achieved in its premiere and what Backrooms raised in its third weekend in theaters.
Next weekend, all three titles will have to contend with Steven Spielberg’s return to the alien film genre, Disclosure Day.
Though Scary Movie took first place at the box office this weekend, it was movies themselves that won big.
The long-awaited sixth entry in the horror parody franchise declared victory with a much wider margin than was predicted by most box office prognosticators. Scary Movie earned $55 million domestically and $105.5 globally, per box office tracker Comscore. That’s higher than any previous film in the franchise, and nearly double what its closest competition was able to manage.
Masters of the Universe, the second live-action, feature adaptation of Mattel’s multimedia fantasy franchise, was projected by many in a neck-and-neck race with Scary Movie. But the film starring Nicholas Galitzine, Camila Mendes, and Idris Elba decisively landed at No. 2 domestically and globally, with $29.3 million and $54.3 million grosses, respectively. That marks a significantly worrying start for MGM and Mattel, who hoped for something close to a Barbie repeat at the box office, investing anywhere from $170 million to $200 million in Masters, according to estimates.
At No. 3, 20-year-old breakout auteur Kane Parsons’ Backrooms scared up $25.9 million domestically and $50.1 million globally. But that’s after three weeks in the theaters. The conceptual shocker based on deep internet lore was made on a $10 million budget (minus A24’s significant marketing and promotional budget), and currently sits at $212.6 million globally.
Marlon Wayans in ‘Scary Movie’; Renate Reinsve in ‘Backrooms’; Nicholas Galitzine in ‘Masters of the Universe’
Credit: Paramount Pictures; A24; Amazon MGM Studios
Despite Masters of the Universe‘s foible with respect to its budget, the domestic box office hasn’t looked this healthy in some time. This week’s top 10 at the domestic box office raised a combined $175.4 million. Compare that to last year’s top 10 total for the weekend of June 6-8, $105.9 million.
It isn’t just Scary Movie, Masters of the Universe, and Backrooms pumping cash back into the theatrical industry, either. Obsession, another original horror from a startlingly young director (24-year-old Curry Barker), raised just $300,000 less than Backrooms this weekend, despite showing in theaters a week longer. That bonkers thrill ride raised $25.6 million domestically this weekend, and $43.3 million globally, for a former gross of $152 million and latter gross of $224.8 million. And the cherry on top: Barker made the film on a sub-$1 million budget, which has inspired both breathless acclaim and dubious questioning.
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Elsewhere on the domestic and global leaderboards, two other films followed Backrooms and Obsession in showing remarkable staying power.
Michael, Antoine Fuqua’s jukebox biopic of pop icon Michael Jackson, truly won’t stop ’til it gets enough. The controversial film is still charting in its seventh week of release, earning $7.7 million domestically (for a total of $354.2 million) and $23.1 million globally (for a whopping total of $888 million). At this rate, Michael has a great chance of crossing the $1 billion threshold at the global box office, a rare feat for a musical biopic.
The Devil Wears Prada 2 is also staying in the game, earning the No. 10 spot both domestically and globally with $2.8 million at home and $11.8 million around the world. At $214.9 million, the fashion-forward sequel now sits at No. 4 on the ranking of the year’s most profitable films in the U.S., behind Project Hail Mary, Michael, and the undefeated champion, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.
Next weekend, Scary Movie, Masters of the Universe, and Backrooms face an out-of-this-world threat.
Steven Spielberg returns to the alien film after hits like E.T. and War of the Worlds with Disclosure Day. The mysterious epic starring Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colman Domingo, and Colin Firth will face off against some of the steepest competition at the box office this year thus far.
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