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Scream 3

2000 • R • 1h 56m • Horror, Mystery • Dimension Films

The most terrifying scream is always the last.

🍅 45% 38%

56

2.89

5.7

CS B

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$34.7M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$89.1M

Final

Worldwide Total

$161.8M

$72.7M international

Domestic Legs2.57x

Budget$40.0M

2000 Rank#26

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Cast & Crew

Directed byWes Craven ScreenplayEhren Kruger Produced byCathy Konrad, Kevin Williamson, Marianne Maddalena CinematographyPeter Deming MusicMarco Beltrami StarringDavid Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Foley, Lance Henriksen StudioDimension Films SeriesScream

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 4-6 1 $34.7M — 3,467 $10,012 $34.7M

2 Feb 11-13 1 $16.3M −53.0% 3,467 $4,706 $57.0M

3 Feb 18-20 5 $8.6M −47.2% 3,368 $2,558 $70.2M

4 Feb 25-27 8 $5.0M −41.7% 3,099 $1,620 $78.1M

5 Mar 3-5 15 $2.9M −43.0% 1,826 $1,568 $82.2M

6 Mar 10-12 16 $1.5M −46.2% 1,447 $1,064 $84.5M

7 Mar 17-19 20 $894.5K −41.9% 1,316 $679 $85.9M

8 Mar 24-26 27 $325.4K −63.6% 763 $426 $86.5M

9 Mar 31-Apr 2 35 $134.4K −58.7% 306 $439 $86.8M

10 Apr 7-9 44 $63.8K −52.5% 198 $322 $86.9M

11 Apr 28-30 20 $656.6K +929.1% 1,108 $592 $87.7M

12 May 5-7 29 $153.0K −76.7% 482 $317 $88.0M

13 May 12-14 24 $280.1K +83.1% 501 $559 $88.4M

14 May 19-21 36 $131.3K −53.1% 375 $350 $88.6M

15 May 26-29 38 $200.6K +52.9% 206 $974 $88.9M

16 Jun 2-4 49 $68.7K −65.7% 148 $464 $89.0M

17 Jun 9-11 59 $43.9K −36.1% 110 $399 $89.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 4 #1 $13.3M — $13.3M 3,465 $3,840 1

Sat Feb 5 #1 $13.9M +4% $27.2M 3,465 $4,007 2

Sun Feb 6 #1 $7.5M −46% $34.7M 3,467 $2,168 3

Mon Feb 7 #1 $1.8M −76% $36.6M 3,467 $530 4

Tue Feb 8 #1 $1.8M n/c $38.4M 3,467 $531 5

Wed Feb 9 #1 $1.5M −21% $39.9M 3,467 $420 6

Thu Feb 10 #1 $1.5M +3% $41.3M 3,467 $431 7

Fri Feb 11 #1 $4.7M +216% −65% $46.1M 3,467 $1,362 8

Sat Feb 12 #1 $7.6M +60% −45% $53.6M 3,467 $2,183 9

Sun Feb 13 #3 $3.7M −51% −51% $57.0M 3,467 $1,067 10

Mon Feb 14 #2 $2.1M −44% +14% $59.1M 3,467 $602 11

Tue Feb 15 #2 $1.0M −50% −44% $60.1M 3,467 $299 12

Wed Feb 16 #2 $845.6K −19% −42% $61.0M 3,467 $243 13

Thu Feb 17 #2 $893.5K +6% −40% $61.8M 3,467 $257 14

Fri Feb 18 #5 $2.2M +150% −53% $64.1M 3,467 $644 15

Sat Feb 19 #5 $3.8M +68% −50% $67.8M 3,370 $1,116 16

Sun Feb 20 #6 $3.1M −18% −16% $70.9M 3,370 $917 17

Mon Feb 21 #6 $1.3M −59% −39% $71.4M 3,368 $376 18

Tue Feb 22 #7 $647.7K −49% −38% $72.1M 3,368 $192 19

Wed Feb 23 #6 $510.1K −21% −40% $72.6M 3,368 $151 20

Thu Feb 24 #6 $541.7K +6% −39% $73.1M 3,368 $160 21

Fri Feb 25 #7 $1.4M +158% −37% $74.5M 3,100 $450 22

Sat Feb 26 #9 $2.1M +47% −45% $76.6M 3,100 $661 23

Sun Feb 27 #8 $1.2M −41% −61% $78.1M 3,099 $390 24

Mon Feb 28 #9 $285.4K −76% −77% $78.4M 3,099 $92 25

Tue Feb 29 #10 $305.3K +7% −53% $78.7M 3,099 $98 26

Wed Mar 1 #11 $270.2K −11% −47% $79.0M 3,099 $87 27

Thu Mar 2 #10 $291.4K +8% −46% $79.3M 3,099 $94 28

Sun Mar 5 #15 $721.0K — −40% $82.2M 1,826 $394 31

Mon Mar 6 #15 $194.3K −73% −32% $82.3M 1,826 $106 32

Tue Mar 7 #14 $197.5K +2% −35% $82.5M 1,826 $108 33

Wed Mar 8 #14 $169.4K −14% −37% $82.7M 1,826 $92 34

Sun Mar 12 #14 $389.0K — −46% $84.5M 1,447 $268 38

Mon Mar 13 #17 $139.3K −64% −28% $84.6M 1,447 $96 39

Tue Mar 14 #16 $155.0K +11% −22% $84.7M 1,447 $107 40

Wed Mar 15 #16 $135.8K −12% −20% $84.9M 1,447 $93 41

Thu Mar 16 #15 $148.1K +9% $85.0M 1,447 $102 42

Sun Mar 19 #18 $210.0K — −46% $85.9M 1,316 $159 45

Mon Mar 20 #17 $71.2K −66% −49% $86.0M 1,316 $54 46

Tue Mar 21 #17 $66.7K −6% −57% $86.1M 1,316 $50 47

Wed Mar 22 #17 $54.7K −18% −60% $86.1M 1,316 $41 48

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$86.1M

Feb 4Feb 14Feb 24Mar 7Mar 22

Weekend grossWk 10 · $63.8K

$34.7M

$16.3M

$8.6M

$5.0M

$2.9M

$1.5M

$894.5K

$325.4K

$134.4K

$63.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,467 → 1,316 −62.0%

3,465 open1,316 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −52.5%

−53.0% W1→2

−47.2% W2→3

−41.7% W3→4

−43.0% W4→5

−46.2% W5→6

−41.9% W6→7

−63.6% W7→8

−58.7% W8→9

−52.5% W9→10

Steepest −63.6%Best hold −41.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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