For a moment there, “Scary Movie 6” looked like it was going to hit $60M this weekend, but the numbers kept dropping from Friday to Sunday. Maybe word of mouth turned toxic — that “C+” CinemaScore certainly hinted at it. A major drop could be coming next weekend.
Still, “Scary Movie 6,” budgeted at just $30M, delivered a franchise-record $56M opening and has already grossed $107M worldwide. That's an absolute win for Paramount and the Wayans, who may now finally get the greenlight to fulfill their dream of making “White Chicks 2” (set in Mar-a-Lago?).
A24’s “Backrooms” suffered a massive 68% drop from its $81M opening weekend, no doubt due to somewhat divisive audience reactions — which should be expected from such an uncompromising film. Still, it earned $25.9M this weekend, and considering it cost only $9–10M to produce, no one at A24 is losing sleep over its second-weekend performance, especially with a $213M worldwide tally already in tow.
Meanwhile, Amazon MGM Studios’ $200M “Masters of the Universe” is in trouble, earning just $29M over the weekend. Not great for such an expensive movie, although audience response has been positive.
Yet Kevin Wilson, Amazon MGM’s head of domestic distribution, called the $29M debut a “very solid start,” describing the strategy as a “holistic distribution plan” that will “build awareness and engagement well beyond the theatrical window.” That's industry-speak for: “It’ll be successful on streaming.”
As for “Obsession,” in its fourth weekend of release, it nearly beat “Backrooms,” falling just $300K short with a $25.6M haul, representing a mere 7% decline. Remarkably, that figure is actually $8M higher than its opening weekend gross of $17M four weeks ago. Budgeted at just $750K, “Obsession” added 100 screens this weekend and now sits at $224M worldwide. There’s no reason to think it won’t reach $300M — or far beyond.
Meanwhile, in another reminder that a new Hollywood is emerging, “The Amazing Digital Circus,” based on the hit indie animated web series created by Gooseworx and produced by Glitch Productions, earned $19M this weekend.
Finally, “Michael” passed $900M worldwide, inching closer to the $1B mark, which is looking increasingly likely, especially with a Japanese release arriving this week. If and when that milestone is reached, “Michael” will become only the second 2026 release to cross the billion-dollar threshold. The film hits VOD on Tuesday and grossed another $7M domestically this weekend. It has now become Lionsgate’s highest-grossing film ever, surpassing “Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 2” ($868M) and “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” ($865M).
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