“Scream 7” opened with $64.1 million this weekend to lead all films in North America, according to industry estimates released Sunday.
Despite a torrent of bad reviews, director Kevin Williamson’s film achieved the best opening in the history of the slasher franchise, which began in 1996. It stars Matthew Lillard and series regulars Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and David Arquette.
The animated children’s movie “GOAT” grossed $12 million in its third weekend to take second place, Comscore reported.
“Wuthering Heights,” also in its third week, made $6.9 million Friday through Sunday.
Fourth place went to the concert documentary “Twenty One Pilots: More Than We Ever Imagined,” which opened with $3.7 million. It was followed by another concert documentary, “EPIC: Elvis Presley in Concert,” which took in $3.5 million in its second weekend.
Rounding out the top 10 releases were “Crime 101” ($3.4 million), “I Can Only Imagine 2” ($3.1 million), “Send Help” ($2.8 million), “How to Make a Killing” ($1.5 million) and “Zootopia 2” ($1.4 million).