'Scream 7' Slashes Its Way to No. 1 at U.K., Ireland Box Office

Mar 3, 2026 3:58am PT ‘Scream 7’ Slashes Its Way to No. 1 at U.K., Ireland Box Office By Naman Ramachandran Plus Icon Naman Ramachandran Latest Hong Kong Film Festival Marks 50th Anniversary With Chinese Cinema Retrospective, Chen Kaige, Tsai Ming-liang, Ann Hui Masterclasses – Global Bulletin 5 hours ago Anupam Kher Preps Varanasi-Set Film in Spirit of ‘Saaransh,’ Bows ‘Tanvi the Great’ on Prime Video (EXCLUSIVE) 6 hours ago Yaz Haddad to Lead Australian Comedy-Horror ‘Bloody Legend’ (EXCLUSIVE) 18 hours ago See All ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection Paramount’s “Scream 7” opened at No. 1 at the U.K. and Ireland box office, earning £3.8 million ($5.1 million) in its debut weekend, according to Comscore. Warner Bros.’ “Wuthering Heights” moved to second in its third frame, adding $3 million to reach $27.7 million in total. Universal’s music event title “EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert” bowed in third place with $2.6 million. Related Stories ‘A New Dawn’: Director Yoshitoshi Shinomiya Talks About His One-of-a-Kind Japanese-French Anime Berlin Golden Bear Contender 'In a Violent Nature 2' Set to Hit the EFM With Charades on Board (EXCLUSIVE) “GOAT” ranked fourth in its third weekend with $1.2 million, pushing its cumulative total to $16.1 million. “Crime 101” followed in fifth place, taking $560,000 for a $5.1 million total. Both titles are distributed by Sony. Mubi’s “The Secret Agent” placed sixth in its second weekend with $246,000, lifting its total to $1 million. Disney’s long-running “Zootopia 2” continued its extended run in seventh with $244,000, bringing its cumulative to $49 million. Popular on Variety National Theatre’s event cinema release “Audience – NT Live 2026” was in eighth place with $241,000 for a $728,000 total. CMC Pictures’ “Pegasus 3,” currently the No. 1 film in China, opened ninth with $225,000. Rounding out the top 10, Disney’s “The Testament of Ann Lee” launched with $221,000. The early March slate has Warner Bros.’ “The Bride!” serving as one of the week’s key studio plays. Netflix also makes a significant theatrical move with “Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man,” directed by Tom Harper and starring Cillian Murphy alongside Rebecca Ferguson and Barry Keoghan, opening in 100-plus locations. Family audiences are targeted by Disney’s “Hoppers,” while Entertainment Film Distributors rolls out comedy “Mother’s Pride” across 300-plus sites. Genre fans are catered to with Vertigo Releasing’s horror title “Dolly,” and Arrow Films brings John Woo’s action classic “Hard Boiled” back to cinemas in a 4K restoration across 100 locations. Event cinema continues to play a central role in the marketplace. Trafalgar Releasing presents Royal Opera House ballet “Giselle – ROH, London 2026,” Shakespeare’s “Othello,” and concert features including “Aurora: What Happened to the Earth?” and “Enhyphen [Walk the Line Summer Edition] in Cinemas.” CinemaLive adds stand-up special “James Acaster – Cinemagoers Welcome,” while MusicFilmNetwork releases classic concert documentary “Soul to Soul,” and Munro bows “La Bohème,” an opera feature film based on Puccini’s masterpiece, reimagined for modern-day London by Robin Norton-Hale. Mubi debuts Mascha Schilinski’s “Sound of Falling” in limited release and Sony bows anime “Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid: A Lonely Dragon Wants to Be Loved,” while Tull Stories opens documentary “Breaking Social.” Other international entries include Central City Media’s Korean blockbuster “The King’s Warden” and Dream Entertainment’s Telugu-language thriller “Mrithyunjay.” Sony Pictures rounds out the weekend with a re-release of “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle,” extending the anime franchise’s theatrical footprint. Jump to Comments LISTEN: ‘The Simpsons’ Celebrates Episode 800 and Takes Aim at 1,000: ‘It’s a Gift’ How ‘The Simpsons’ Made It to 800 Episodes — And Even Helped Save Star Yeardley Smith’s Life JavaScript is required to load the comments. Loading comments...