'Scary Movie' laughs its way to a first-place finish at the box office

With the Wayans brothers firmly backmost successful the driver’s seat, fearfulness parody “Scary Movie” muscled its mode past He-Man for the apical spot astatine the container bureau this weekend.

The reboot of the 2000s-era franchise — oregon “rebootiquel,” arsenic the movie calls itself — brought successful $55 cardinal successful the U.S. and Canada for a worldwide full of $105.5 million, according to workplace estimates. The movie, which had a accumulation fund of $30 million, bushed workplace expectations and marks the instrumentality of the Wayans brothers to “Scary Movie.”

The franchise was developed by Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans and Keenen Ivory Wayans. But aft 2001’s “Scary Movie 2,” the Wayans got successful a wage quality with erstwhile Miramax executives Bob and Harvey Weinstein. The Wayans person said the Weinsteins did not archer them that 2003’s “Scary Movie 3” would beryllium made without them. The franchise past continued with 4th and 5th installments.

After erstwhile MGM movie enforcement Jonathan Glickman was named main enforcement of Miramax successful 2024, helium reached retired to Marlon Wayans to spot if he’d beryllium funny successful reviving “Scary Movie.”

“Always dreamt of having this infinitesimal again,” Wayans said, portion thanking Glickman and enforcement shaper Marc Weinstock during a abbreviated code astatine the movie’s premiere. “I convey you guys for having the imaginativeness to go, there’s lone 1 mode to bash the adjacent ‘Scary Movie,’ and that’s to bring the Wayans household back.”

Miramax led the accumulation and financing of the film, portion Paramount Pictures was the distributor.

Amazon MGM Studios’ “Masters of the Universe” came successful 2nd astatine the home container bureau with $29.3 million, successful Mattel Studios’ archetypal movie successful theaters since the 2023 smash deed “Barbie.” Globally, the movie made $54 million.

The enactment escapade movie had a accumulation fund of astir $170 cardinal and aimed to reintroduce the ‘80s-era enactment leader “He-Man” to a caller audience, portion besides driving the nostalgia of adults who played with the franchise toys oregon watched the archetypal movie and series. The movie is portion of Mattel Inc.’s strategy to proceed extending its artifact brands into the amusement arena.

Mattel Chief Executive Ynon Kreiz said past week that “Masters of the Universe” didn’t request to lucifer the occurrence of “Barbie” “to person a meaningful economical interaction connected the company.”

A24’s runaway deed “Backrooms” came successful 3rd astatine the container bureau this weekend, continuing its beardown show with a haul of $25.9 million. Focus Features’ “Obsession” ($25.6 million) and different YouTube-native property, “The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act,” ($12.7 million) rounded retired the apical 5 astatine the container office, according to Comscore data.