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Scream

1996 R 1h 51m Horror, Mystery Dimension Films

Someone has taken their love of scary movies one step too far. Solving this mystery is going to be murder.

Scream Box Office

Opening Weekend
$6.4M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$103M
Final
Worldwide Total
$173M
$70M international
Domestic Legs16.2x
Budget$15M
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Dec 20-22 4 $6.35M $6.35M 1,413 $4.5K 1
Dec 27-29 5 $9.08M +42.8% $21.25M 1,450 $6.3K 2
Jan 3-5 3 $10.02M +10.4% $39.08M 1,737 $5.8K 3
Jan 10-12 4 $7.44M -25.7% $50.02M 1,833 $4.1K 4
Jan 17-19 6 $7.34M -1.3% $59.48M 1,904 $3.9K 5
Jan 24-26 6 $4.04M -45.0% $64.59M 1,994 $2.0K 6
Jan 31-Feb 2 3 $4.51M +11.5% $70.36M 1,835 $2.5K 7
Feb 7-9 5 $3.56M -20.9% $75.01M 1,750 $2.0K 8
Feb 14-16 10 $3.26M -8.5% $79.11M 1,431 $2.3K 9
Feb 21-23 12 $1.83M -44.0% $81.53M 1,212 $1.5K 10
Feb 28-Mar 2 15 $1.30M -28.8% $83.31M 1,018 $1.3K 11
Mar 7-9 17 $1.01M -22.2% $84.68M 806 $1.3K 12
Mar 14-16 20 $629K -37.8% $85.61M 658 $957 13
Mar 21-23 27 $300K -52.3% $86.11M 514 $584 14
Mar 28-30 33 $192K -36.2% $86.46M 334 $574 15
Apr 4-6 34 $165K -14.0% $86.74M 282 $584 16
Apr 11-13 9 $2.02M +1,123.4% $88.83M 1,270 $1.6K 17
Apr 18-20 11 $1.56M -22.7% $91.01M 1,153 $1.4K 18
Apr 25-27 8 $1.41M -9.8% $93.02M 1,216 $1.2K 19
May 2-4 11 $1.12M -20.7% $94.57M 986 $1.1K 20
May 9-11 13 $662K -40.6% $95.59M 784 $845 21
May 16-18 11 $1.46M +120.5% $97.30M 1,114 $1.3K 22
May 23-25 12 $1.36M -6.5% $99.13M 854 $1.6K 23
May 30-Jun 1 14 $780K -42.8% $100.25M 796 $980 24
Jun 6-8 16 $472K -39.5% $101.11M 711 $664 25
Jun 13-15 16 $370K -21.6% $101.72M 607 $610 26
Jun 20-22 18 $332K -10.4% $102.28M 532 $624 27
Jun 27-29 23 $181K -45.6% $102.63M 431 $419 28
Jul 4-6 29 $86K -52.3% $102.80M 270 $319 29
Jul 11-13 36 $57K -33.4% $102.93M 164 $350 30
Jul 18-20 44 $38K -33.2% $103.00M 140 $274 31

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byWes Craven
ScreenplayKevin Williamson
Produced byCathy Konrad, Cary Woods
CinematographyMark Irwin
Music byMarco Beltrami
StarringDavid Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Matthew Lillard, Skeet Ulrich, Drew Barrymore
StudioDimension Films

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