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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.

🍅 78% 80% MC 66 LB 4.02 IMDb 7.4

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$6.4M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$103M
Final
Worldwide Total
$173M
$70.0M international
Domestic Legs16.2x
Budget$15M
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Cast & Crew

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Wes Craven Wes Craven Director David Arquette David Arquette Starring Neve Campbell Neve Campbell Starring Courteney Cox Courteney Cox Starring Matthew Lillard Matthew Lillard Starring Skeet Ulrich Skeet Ulrich Starring
ScreenplayKevin Williamson Produced byCathy Konrad, Cary Woods CinematographyMark Irwin Music byMarco Beltrami StudioDimension Films SeriesScream
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 20-22 4 $6.4M — 1,413 $4,497 $6.4M
2 Dec 27-29 5 $9.1M +42.8% 1,450 $6,259 $21.3M
3 Jan 3-5 3 $10.0M +10.4% 1,737 $5,766 $39.1M
4 Jan 10-12 4 $7.4M −25.7% 1,833 $4,058 $50.0M
5 Jan 17-19 6 $7.3M −1.3% 1,904 $3,858 $59.5M
6 Jan 24-26 6 $4.0M −45.0% 1,994 $2,026 $64.6M
7 Jan 31-Feb 2 3 $4.5M +11.5% 1,835 $2,455 $70.4M
8 Feb 7-9 5 $3.6M −20.9% 1,750 $2,036 $75.0M
9 Feb 14-16 10 $3.3M −8.5% 1,431 $2,280 $79.1M
10 Feb 21-23 12 $1.8M −44.0% 1,212 $1,508 $81.5M
11 Feb 28-Mar 2 15 $1.3M −28.8% 1,018 $1,278 $83.3M
12 Mar 7-9 17 $1.0M −22.2% 806 $1,256 $84.7M
13 Mar 14-16 20 $629.4K −37.8% 658 $957 $85.6M
14 Mar 21-23 27 $300.2K −52.3% 514 $584 $86.1M
15 Mar 28-30 33 $191.7K −36.2% 334 $574 $86.5M
16 Apr 4-6 34 $164.8K −14.0% 282 $584 $86.7M
17 Apr 11-13 9 $2.0M +1,123.4% 1,270 $1,587 $88.8M
18 Apr 18-20 11 $1.6M −22.7% 1,153 $1,351 $91.0M
19 Apr 25-27 8 $1.4M −9.8% 1,216 $1,156 $93.0M
20 May 2-4 11 $1.1M −20.7% 986 $1,131 $94.6M
21 May 9-11 13 $662.1K −40.6% 784 $845 $95.6M
22 May 16-18 11 $1.5M +120.5% 1,114 $1,310 $97.3M
23 May 23-25 12 $1.4M −6.5% 854 $1,598 $99.1M
24 May 30-Jun 1 14 $780.2K −42.8% 796 $980 $100.2M
25 Jun 6-8 16 $471.9K −39.5% 711 $664 $101.1M
26 Jun 13-15 16 $370.2K −21.6% 607 $610 $101.7M
27 Jun 20-22 18 $331.8K −10.4% 532 $624 $102.3M
28 Jun 27-29 23 $180.5K −45.6% 431 $419 $102.6M
29 Jul 4-6 29 $86.2K −52.3% 270 $319 $102.8M
30 Jul 11-13 36 $57.4K −33.4% 164 $350 $102.9M
31 Jul 18-20 44 $38.3K −33.2% 140 $274 $103.0M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.8M
$6.4M
$9.1M
$10.0M
$7.4M
$7.3M
$4.0M
$4.5M
$3.6M
$3.3M
$1.8M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −44.0%
+42.8%
W1→2
+10.4%
W2→3
−25.7%
W3→4
−1.3%
W4→5
−45.0%
W5→6
+11.5%
W6→7
−20.9%
W7→8
−8.5%
W8→9
−44.0%
W9→10
Steepest −45.0%Biggest gain +42.8%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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