Overview
- Scary Movie 6 opened to $55 million in the United States and Canada and $105.5 million worldwide, the biggest opening in the franchise and a higher start than Scary Movie 4’s 2006 debut.
- The film’s modest reported production cost of about $30 million gives it strong profit potential after its first weekend performance.
- Scary Movie 6 finished well ahead of competing new release Masters of the Universe, which debuted domestically around $29.3 million against an estimated $200 million production budget.
- Backrooms continued to show strong legs from its internet origins, reaching roughly $212 million globally in its second week and demonstrating how viral, digital-born properties can convert online followings into box-office revenue.
- Industry observers say the weekend highlights a broader shift where low-to-mid-budget horror and nostalgia-driven films reliably draw younger audiences and force studios to weigh cheaper, community-rooted projects against big-budget tentpoles