The terrifying “Scream VI” scared “Creed III” and took the lead at the North American box office, with $44.5 million in receipts the weekend of its release, according to estimates from the specialist firm on Sunday. Exhibitor Relations.
The sixth installment in the acclaimed horror film series is off to the best start in the history of the Paramount Studios franchise since its launch in 1996, according to these Friday-Sunday box office earnings estimates in the United States and Canada.
At the time, the film by Wes Craven, who died in 2015, had rejuvenated the genre with a mixture of horror and self-mockery, a recipe on which “Scream” always bets.
Better than “Creed III”
For this sixth episode, where the frightening “Ghostface” rages this time in New York, we find the favorite actress of the series Courteney Cox, but also the star of the series “Wednesday”, Jenna Ortega.
In the box office ring, “Scream VI” won over “Creed III”, the ninth film in the “Rocky” boxing saga, and the first without Sylvester Stallone, which collected $27.2 million.
“Creed III” still tells the story of Adonis Creed – the son of Apollo – who this time comes out of retirement for a much anticipated confrontation against a friend of yesteryear. This is the first film directed by Michael B. Jordan, who also plays the title role.
In third position, the new science fiction thriller from Sony studios, “65”, with Adam Driver, collects $ 12.3 million. Then come “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania”, the latest in the Marvel series (7 million), then “Crazy Bear” (6.2 million).
