Director Kevin Williamson’s Scream 7 has been slashing through franchise milestones at the box office in the last couple weeks, the biggest of which is that the franchise’s brand new seventh installment has now allowed the Scream saga to pass $1 billion at the box office.
Over the course of the past 30 years, the Scream movies have scared up $1,089,365,201 in theaters, making Scream one of only six horror franchises in history to hit that milestone!
Up to this past weekend, Wes Craven’s original Scream still remained the highest grossing single installment with $173 million worldwide, but Scream 7 has now claimed that title.
With a current worldwide total of $176,947,102, Scream 7 is now officially the highest grossing installment in the Scream franchise at the box office!
Scream VI came close to breaking the original movie’s record with $166.5 million at the box office back in 2023, but Scream 7 is the first movie to actually dethrone the 1996 original.
Of course, we must note that Scream‘s box office numbers are 30 years old and have not been adjusted for inflation, which is always an important thing to mention in these situations.
Scream 7 has scared up $106.5 million of its worldwide total so far here in the United States, while the slasher sequel has thus far taken in $70 million at the international box office.
It’s extremely likely at this point that we won’t have to wait very long for Scream 8, but Kevin Williamson stated in a recent interview that he has no plans on writing or directing.
Stay tuned for more on Scream 8 as we learn it.
