After Creative Shuffle, ‘Scream 7’ Looks to Set New Franchise Box Office Record

Paramount and Spyglass are bringing Sidney Prescott and Ghostface back to theaters yet again with “Scream 7,” the latest installment in a series that successfully made the leap from a Gen X/elder millennial horror classic to one of the most consistent moneymakers in the genre at the post-pandemic box office.

Paramount is keeping its projections conservative at a $40 million domestic opening weekend, particularly after box office trackers overestimated the Valentine’s Day opening of “Wuthering Heights” earlier this month.