‘Scream 6’ Sets New Franchise Box Office Record Without Neve Campbell

Neve Campbell skipped out on the newest ‘Scream’ film resulting from cash negotiations — however the studio’s resolution to maneuver on appears to have paid off regardless … huge time, in actual fact.

‘Scream 6,’ which simply hit theaters Friday, smashed by a gap weekend field workplace report that the movies earlier than it had set … raking in about $44.5 million domestically by Sunday, which blows out the earlier benchmark set by ‘Scream 2’ years in the past — $32 mil.

Last 12 months’s “Scream V” got here near touching that, with about $30 mil by 3 days of a 4-day vacation weekend … however this new determine is by and much one of the best any of those motion pictures have ever finished. Paramount’s gotta be glad — it solely value $35M to make this newest slasher.

Interestingly … they achieved this with out Neve, which was a bet. Fact is, she’s been the face of the ‘Scream’ franchise because the begin … and her resolution to exit final 12 months was controversial. She claimed Paramount would not pay her what she thought she was price.

At the time, Neve was quoted as saying … “As a lady I’ve needed to work extraordinarily exhausting in my profession to determine my worth, particularly in the case of ‘Scream.’ I felt the provide that was offered to me didn’t equate to the worth I’ve dropped at the franchise. It’s been a really tough resolution to maneuver on. To all my ‘Scream’ followers, I like you.” Yeah … scathing.

And but … her former costar, Courteney Cox, did take the cash and signal on once more — reprising her function as Gale Weathers, and referencing NC’s character, Sidney, in passing.

David Arquette — one other longtime fan fave, who was killed off within the final film — has truly been considerably selling “Scream VI” on IG — however Neve hasn’t uttered a peep about it … focusing as an alternative on different initiatives she’s engaged on, together with extra horror stuff.

Funny sufficient, legacy characters (like Neve’s) are literally alluded to within the new installment (sure, we have seen it). Ghostface, at one level, talks about how no person cares about long-standing heroes from a long time previous … and that the “guidelines” of re-quels have completely modified.

It would seem that sentiment held true in offscreen in actual life as properly, particularly with a strong new younger solid that everybody likes — Jenna Ortega, Melissa Barrera, and so on. Oh, and Ghostface himself … he is kinda the one who will get asses in seats … or so it appears, anyway.