Scary Movie Delivers Franchise-Best Opening, Masters of the Universe Stumbles
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Paramount’s Scary Movie opened to a franchise-best $55 million, topping the weekend as Masters of the Universe debuted to $29.3 million; Backrooms followed in third with $25.9 million, Obsession in fourth with $25.6 million, and The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act in fifth with $19.4 million, signaling a horror-heavy start to summer and underscoring the franchise/nostalgia pull at the box office.
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