North American box office | Scream VI steals the top spot in the leaderboard from Creed III

(New York) The Terrifying Scream VI scared off Creed III and took the lead at the North American box office, with $44.5 million in revenue the weekend of its release, according to estimates on Sunday by the specialist firm Exhibitor Relations.

The sixth installment in the acclaimed horror film series is off to the best start in Paramount Studios franchise history since its launch in 1996, according to these Friday-Sunday box office earnings estimates in the United States and Canada.

At the time, the film by Wes Craven, who died in 2015, had rejuvenated the genre with a mixture of horror and self-mockery, a recipe on which Scream always bet.

For this sixth episode, where the frightening Ghostface rages this time in New York, we find the favorite actress of the series Courteney Cox, but also the star of the series WednesdayJenna Ortega.

In the box office ring, Scream VI prevailed over Creed IIIninth film of the boxing saga rockyand the first without Sylvester Stallone, which raised $27.2 million.

Creed III Still traces the story of Adonis Creed – Apollo’s son – who this time comes out of retirement for a much-anticipated showdown against a friend of yesteryear. This is the first film directed by Michael B. Jordan, who also plays the title role.

In third position, the new science fiction thriller from Sony studios, 65, with Adam Driver, collects $12.3 million. Come next Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumaniathe latest in the Marvel series (7 million), then crazy bear (6.2 million).