'Scream 7' Revs Up Box Office; Biz and Politics Collide in WBD Deal

Mar 2, 2026 11:50am PT LISTEN: ‘Scream 7’ Turns Up Volume at Box Office; Business and Politics Collide in WB Discovery Saga 'Daily Variety' podcast dives into news, trends and personalities making headlines in showbiz By Cynthia Littleton Plus Icon Cynthia Littleton Business Editor @Variety_Cynthia Latest Scott Stuber on Hollywood’s ‘Emotional’ Response to Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger, Predicts Entrepreneurial Boom 4 hours ago Cinespace Studios Opens Woodland Hills Soundstage Complex, Adding Key Link to Network of Production Hubs 6 hours ago ‘One Battle After Another’ Takes Producers Guild Award as Paul Thomas Anderson Pays Emotional Tribute to Warner Bros. Pictures Chiefs 2 days ago See All Paramount On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, in our Box Office segment, Variety’s Rebecca Rubin breaks down the weekend that roared with the opening of Paramount’s “Scream 7.” And Reilly Steel, associate professor at Columbia Law School, discusses how the fight between Netflix and Paramount Skydance over Warner Bros. Discovery reflects the collision of troubling business, legal and political trends. More to come Popular on Variety (Pictured: “Scream 7“) Listen to Daily Variety on iHeartPodcasts, Apple Podcasts, Variety’s YouTube Podcast channel, Amazon Music, Spotify and other podcast platforms. Jump to Comments Pamela Anderson ‘Felt Yucky’ Sitting Near Seth Rogen at Golden Globes and Demands Apology Over ‘Pam & Tommy’: That Series ‘Pissed Me Off’ Callum Turner Immediately Asked About James Bond Rumors in Berlin: ‘I’m Not Going to Comment’ Inside Dorothy St. Pictures, the Female-Fronted Powerhouse Behind Victoria Beckham, Pamela Anderson and Courtney Love’s Candid Docs Chloé Zhao, Pamela Anderson, Ethan Hawke Among Stars Set to Grace Berlinale Red Carpet Dakota Fanning to Star in Apple TV Thriller as Undercover Treasury Agent Lukas Gage on Playing Pamela Anderson’s Son in ‘Rosebush Pruning’: ‘She Stayed in Character the Whole Time Giving Me Gifts as My Mom’ JavaScript is required to load the comments. Loading comments...