"Over its opening weekend in theaters, the winking, formulaic, Neve Campbell-fronted Ghostface stabfest made mincemeat of financial expectations by taking in $64.1 million to claim the top spot at the box office. (Prerelease "tracking" estimates projected an opening between $45 million and $60 million, highlighting the consistency with which tracking undershoots horror titles.)"
"Fan anger has nagged S7 since the 2023 firing of Scream VI "final girl" Melissa Barrera (who was canned prior to filming by producer Spyglass Media for pro-Palestine social-media postings it criticized as antisemitic - ultimately compelling co-star Jenna Ortega and director Christopher Landon to depart the project in solidarity)."
"Full of listless grotesqueries, courtesy of original Scream writer Kevin Williamson in his franchise directorial debut, Scream 7 was critically sandbagged, with many reviews citing a kind of creative exhaustion. Terms like "cynical product" and "contractual obligation" have come to define critical consensus on S7."
Scream 7 defied predictions and protests to earn $64.1 million during its opening weekend, surpassing tracking estimates of $45-60 million and claiming the top box office position. The film became Paramount's strongest horror debut and the first movie to exceed $50 million in its first three days since Avatar: Fire and Ash. Despite significant fan backlash stemming from the 2023 firing of Melissa Barrera over social media posts, the seventh installment accumulated $97.2 million worldwide. Critics largely dismissed the film as formulaic and creatively exhausted, with reviews describing it as cynical product and a contractual obligation. However, Scream 7's commercial performance substantially outperformed the more favorably reviewed Scream VI from 2023 by approximately $20 million.
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