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Scream 1 hits theaters.
The first Scream film hits theaters, marking the beginning of the franchise. It arrives with a disappointing first week in theaters, profit-wise (Collis, 2021). However, it quickly becomes a box office hit, bringing in over $150 million during its U.S. theatrical run (Siegel, 2021). -
Scream 2 is released.
Scream 2 follows up the original film the next year and finds box office success that was practically equal to the success of the first (IMDBPro, 2024). -
Scream 3 is released.
Scream 3 brings in $161.8 million in the box office (The Numbers, 2024). It marks the end of the originally intended trilogy series. -
Scream 4 is released.
Scream 4 (aka SCRE4M) brings the franchise into a new decade, marking the series' first and last theatrical film of the 2010s. It brought in $97.2 million in the box office, making it the lowest grossing Scream film of the franchise (Box Office Mojo, 2024). -
Scream: The TV Series (Season 1)
Scream enters the television screen with its first season of a spin-off show in 2015 (IMDb, 2024). -
Scream: The TV Series (Season 2)
Scream: The TV Series continues to haunt televisions with its second season, still starring Willa Fitzgerald (IMDb, 2024). -
Scream: The TV Series (Season 3: Resurrection)
Scream: The TV Series is brought back from the dead in 2019 with its third season, subtitled "Resurrection," meant to reboot the show (IMDb, 2024). -
Scream (2022) is released.
Scream gets its first entry into the 2020s with this "requel" that does not follow the traditional title numbering. The film brought in $138,874,789 in the worldwide box offices, making 5.8x its cost of production (The Numbers, 2022). -
Scream VI is released.
Scream VI marks the re-success of the original films, earning the highest grossing box office earnings in domestic territories during its theatrical run out of all the films in the series (The Numbers, 2023). -
Scream 7 is announced.
Director Christopher Landon is publicly announced to direct the seventh installment of the series (Kit, 2023).