'Scary Movie' Reboot Opens to Franchise-Best $105.5M Globally; 'Masters of the Universe' Struggles with $54M
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Summary
Paramount and Miramax's 'Scary Movie' opened to a franchise-best $105.5M globally, with $55M domestic and $50.5M overseas across 53 markets. The comedy reboot outperformed 'Scream 7's $97M global opening and was 75% bigger than 'Scary Movie 3'. Meanwhile, 'Masters of the Universe' underperformed with only $54M worldwide.
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· 3 pulled'Scary Movie' hit a franchise best opening at $105.5M around the globe.
The global start here is better than Paramount and Spyglass' Scream 7 franchise record $97M global bow.
Overseas, Scary Movie's $50.5M No. 1 at the foreign B.O. across 53 markets repped the biggest start for the comedy franchise, 75% bigger than Scary Movie 3.
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