They were also succeeded by the horror geniuses of Generation Z Back rooms and mania They continue their run at the box office, and this weekend will see two new major studio releases with Paramount’s Scary movie and Amazon MGM Masters of the universe.
Scary movie It opens wide this weekend, and is an impressive success $7.7 million during Thursday night previews at 2,800 locations. It will expand to 3,400 locations in North America over the weekend, and is eyeing a total of $40 million.
The R-rated comedy, which is opening in 53 territories overseas, marks a return to the satirical franchise that sends up horror film tropes, pop culture and current events. The film, produced in collaboration with original studio Miramax, is the sixth installment in the franchise, but the first in more than two decades to feature the series’ creators, the Wayans Brothers.
Directed by Michael Tieds, Scary movie It also sees the return of franchise stars Anna Faris and Regina King. The film was not favored by critics, with a score of 37 on Metacritic.
Other new openings this weekend are Amazon MGM and Mattel Film’s Masters of the universewhich earned $4.4 million in previews on its way to an estimated domestic weekend total in the mid-$30 million.
Masters Nicholas Galitzine sees the star as Prince Adam/He-Man, the cartoon character turned beloved toy in the 1980s. Separated from his home world, Adam finds his way back to Eternia, which he needs to save from the evil Skeleton (Jared Leto). Another classic Masters Characters like Teela (Camila Mendes), Duncan/Man-At-Arms (Idris Elba), and Evil-Lyn (Alison Brie) are available for the Travis Knight-directed adventure. Masters The film fared better with critics, receiving a score of 54 on Metacritic.
Elsewhere, understanding events were issued The Amazing Digital Circus: The Final Actthe theatrical release of the Australian adult web series, grossed $7.8 million on Thursday at more than 2,200 locations, besting both scary film and Masters.
It looks to continue its box office dominance Back roomson the second weekend with manianow in its fourth weekend. Each film has already broken its fair share of box office records. In just its first week of release, Backrooms became A24’s highest-grossing domestic film, beating Timothée Chalamet’s film. Marty Supremewhile Ken Parsons is the youngest director ever to claim first place at the weekend box office. As for Carrie Parker maniaThe film is the first non-Christmas film since 1982 ET: Extraterrestrial The second and third weekends should be larger than the first.
Back roomsThe $10 million horror film, inspired by Parsons’ viral YouTube series of shorts, added another $5 million on Thursday, with expectations for a weekend box office total of more than $45 million. On the fourth weekend, Parker maniawhich was produced for just $750,000 and selected at the Toronto International Film Festival by Focus, is closing in on the global milestone of $200 million.
Other collectibles are star wars entrance The Mandalorian and Grogu And the first film of comedian Nate Bargazzi, The breadwinnerIn addition to the Michael Jackson biopic, Michael.
