Scream 7 Marks First Major Sign for 30-Year-Old Horror Franchise as It Exceeds Box Office Significance

Shout out 7 it’s all burning in the box office.

The new installment of the 30-year-old meta slasher franchise has Neve Campbell returning as the old final girl Sidney Prescott (after sitting in the sixth seat during the award dispute) as well as a team group that includes Isabel May, Joel McHale, Anna Camp, Jimmy Tatro, Michelle Randolph, Mckenna Grace, O Asannar of Germany, Celeno of Samnor Courteney Cox, Matthew Lillard, Jasmin Savoy Brown, and Mason Gooding. Original screenwriter Kevin Williamson has returned to the franchise to direct 2026’s Shout out 7which opened in theaters on February 27.

Per End datefrom Sunday morning, Shout out 7 is expected to finish its fifth weekend in theaters with a total of $204 million worldwide. That total includes $118.6 million from domestic theaters and another $85.4 million from international markets. This makes it a first Scream the film once topped $200 million worldwide, not adjusted for inflation.

Overall, the unedited chart for the seven-film slasher franchise, Shout out 7 it has always been the highest share of income. In North America, it surpassed the previous record holder, in 2023 Scream VIwhich earned $108.4 million domestically. Worldwide, it grossed over $173 million in 1996 Scream in its third week in theaters.

Adjusted for inflation, only the first three Scream movies are higher than the seventh part. All three have grossed more than $300 million worldwide, a milestone that has so far not been touched by any of the other four new releases. Below, see a breakdown of how the franchise performed, unadjusted and adjusted for inflation:

Regardless of its limited place among other features, the new movie has overcome its terrible reception to become a real hit. Shout out 7 reviews were overwhelmingly negative, earning a Rotten Tomatoes score of 31% over 2000. Shout out 3 (45%) as the worst in the franchise. However, it received a strong audience of 75% on the platform Popcornmeter, which shows that word of mouth can be related to the commercial performance of the sequel.

Even if it doesn’t go above $300 million, which seems unlikely given its current trajectory, Shout out 7 it has already proven itself to be a hit. The film cost an estimated $45 million to make, which likely puts its estimated holiday haul at $112.5 million. By reaching this milestone, the film has nearly doubled that total, which means it could be black and then some.

When possible Shout 8 has not been announced, it seems possible that the success of Shout out 7 means the franchise will be returning to theaters sooner rather than later. The sequel has the potential to have an even bigger impact if the producers make an effort to avoid the baggage that the new episode brought with it, which included last-minute personnel changes, those bad reviews, and calling guys after the franchise’s star Melissa Barrera was fired after sharing pro-Palestinian messages on social media.

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