Franchise
Scary Movie
5 films•2000–2026•Miramax, Dimension Films
34%average critics54%average audience$107.5Mdomestic average
Films
5
2000–2026
Domestic
$537.3M
lifetime
Worldwide
$1.05B
lifetime
Avg opening
$41.1M
3-day
Avg legs
2.75x
opening → total
Return
5.6x
on $187.0M of budget
The Scary Movie series runs to 5 films from Scary Movie (2000) to Scary Movie 6 (2026), together grossing $537.3M domestic and $1.05B worldwide. The biggest hit is Scary Movie (2000) at $278.0M worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Scary Movie 6 (2026) at $54.3M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scary Movie 6 | 2026 | $54.3M | $108.3M | 2.00x | $231.3M | C+ | 33% | #16 |
| Scary Movie 4 | 2006 | $40.2M | $90.7M | 2.26x | $178.0M | C+ | 34% | #20 |
| Scary Movie 3 | 2003 | $48.1M | $110.0M | 2.30x | $221.0M | B | 36% | #23 |
 Scary Movie 2 | 2001 | $20.5M | $71.3M | 3.48x | $141.0M | B | 13% | #32 |
| Scary Movie | 2000 | $42.3M | $157.0M | 3.71x | $278.0M | B- | 52% | #9 |
Click any column to sort. Yearly rank is the film’s place on its release year’s domestic chart; a film outside that year’s top 50 shows a dash.
Film by film
DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 6.5 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
5.6x
$1.05B worldwide on $187.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $537.3MInternational $512.0M
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven14.6x
Budgets are reported production costs and exclude marketing, so this is a gross-to-budget ratio rather than studio profit. Films with no reported budget are left out of this section entirely, including from the totals, rather than counted as zero.
What’s next
Full schedule →No upcoming movies announced yet.
Connected
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.
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