‘Scary Movie’ Franchise Tops $1 Billion Global Box Office, Marking a Milestone Nearly 26 Years in the Making

The Scary Movie franchise, launched by the Wayans Brothers nearly 26 years ago, has surpassed $1 billion at the global box office, according to Deadline. The milestone arrives as the series’ most recent entry, Scary Movie, continues to collect domestic and international grosses nearly a quarter-century after the brand first debuted on screens.

Deadline reports that Scary Movie has reached $100 million domestically, posting a $100.5 million stateside total. The same report says the film added $108 million abroad, bringing its current worldwide running total to $208.5 million.

Deadline frames the $1 billion figure as a cumulative franchise tally spanning multiple releases over the years, with the latest reboot now reaching the threshold nearly two and a half decades after the first film. The outlet attributes the box office performance to the film’s domestic push and its separate international run, resulting in the new global total.

The latest Scary Movie is described by Deadline as a Paramount-Miramax reboot, tying the franchise’s current commercial results to major studio distribution. The franchise’s longevity has also highlighted how comedy-horror IP can return to theaters and still generate audience demand, even after earlier installments helped define the modern parody-horror cycle.

Beyond the milestone, the performance also matters for studio planning and release strategy, particularly for mid-to-high budget genre titles that depend on broad theatrical reach. With both domestic and international totals now contributing to the reported $208.5 million running figure, the franchise’s latest run illustrates how revenue is increasingly built through a combination of markets rather than a single territory.

For audiences and industry stakeholders, franchise-scale box office milestones can affect downstream decisions including home entertainment and licensing negotiations, marketing budgets for related projects, and scheduling discussions for future installments. With the series now positioned above $1 billion worldwide, stakeholders have a published benchmark for the franchise’s continued earning power.

Deadline’s report includes a promotional image for the film and ties the reporting to the latest box office figures current as of its publication on June 26, 2026. The next public accounting will depend on subsequent weekly box office tallies and any adjustments to distributor reporting, as cumulative totals can change slightly as final receipts are reconciled.