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Every Monday, here on the Monday Morning Box Office Hangover Report we break down the weekend box office: who won, who didn’t, and what the numbers are really saying about what audiences want right now. It’s your post-weekend debrief with a little cocktail bite. The intro language and structure follow your established template.
Opening Pour
Horror rules again! Well, sort of. Scary Movie did not just return to theaters. After four movies in six years in the 90s, and one in 2013, the latest came laughing into theaters 13 years later. It came back swinging and slashing its way to a $55 million domestic debut and becoming the biggest opening in the franchise’s history. It also took in $105.5 million worldwide, which means the weekend’s biggest story was not a giant effects-heavy studio play or a legacy space opera. It was a raunchy horror-comedy revival reminding everyone that low-budget chaos still sells when the audience is in the mood to laugh and scream at the same time.
Top 5 Domestic Films
(Weekend estimates, June 5 to June 7, 2026)
- Scary Movie – $55.0M
- Masters of the Universe – $29.308M
- Backrooms – $25.943M
- Obsession – $25.6M
- The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act – $12.391M
Recap
This was a strong weekend at the top. Box Office Mojo shows the overall domestic weekend at about $180.4 million, basically flat with last weekend, while the Top 10 actually ticked up a a few hairs. So this was not just one film dragging the rest across the finish line. It was a live weekend with multiple titles pulling real money, even if Scary Movie was the one hogging the spotlight with Backrooms and Obsession and doing keg stands in it.
Highlights and insights
1) Scary Movie won because audiences wanted horror again, but in a dumb, bloody fun
AP reports the reboot opened to $55 million domestic, the best debut the franchise has ever had, with $50.5 million internationally on top of that. People also notes the return of the Wayans brothers, Anna Faris, and Regina Hall helped sell this as an actual event for fans of the original run. Reviews were lousy, which frankly feels almost on brand for this franchise, and it did not matter much at all.
2) Masters of the Universe had a decent opening and still kind of lost the room
A $29.3 million domestic debut is not a humiliation in a vacuum, but AP explicitly frames it as disappointing for a film carrying a reported $200 million price tag. That is the ugly part of these weekends. Sometimes your numbers are okay until the budget walks into the room and ruins the mood. Global opening was reported at $54.3 million, which is not exactly the kind of start that makes expensive fantasy revivals breathe easier. Still, this is a bit of IP that was big for Gen-Xers and probably not much else.
3) Backrooms took the expected second-week hit, but it is still a beast
Weekend two brought in $25.94 million, down about 68%, which is steep but not shocking after a breakout horror launch. The important number is the total: Box Office Mojo has it at $135.1 million domestic already, and AP says worldwide it has reached about $212 million, making it A24’s top earner to date. So yes, the drop was sharp, but this thing is still printing money.
4) Obsession is still behaving like an obsession
In weekend four, Obsession pulled $25.6 million, down only about 6.6% from last weekend. That is absurdly strong for a horror title this far into its run. Its domestic total now sits at about $152.1 million, and AP reports $224.8 million worldwide. So after the bizarre week-two and week-three staying power, it kept right on doing it. At this point, the movie is not just a hit. It is a running box office joke on every normal pattern.
5) The weirdo internet lane keeps showing up in force
The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act landed at $12.39 million for the weekend, good for fifth place, after a quick launch that included Thursday grosses. That means the lower half of the Top 5 was packed with internet-native or youth-driven titles, which lines up with AP’s larger point that Gen Z audiences are driving a lot of this current box office energy. The old model of “only legacy studio brands matter” keeps getting punched in the teeth by weird digital-age fandoms.
Who Had the Rough Morning After?
The roughest Monday morning belongs to Masters of the Universe. Not because $29.3 million is embarrassing on paper, but because opening second behind a joke-filled horror reboot while carrying a reported $200 million budget is exactly how executive conference calls get tense. You could also make a case that The Mandalorian and Grogu had a grim weekend too, dropping to sixth with $10 million, but that movie at least has the excuse of already being into its run. Masters just showed up and still got out-noised. Both are going to be squeezed out of the market with bigger movies opening as summer gets busier.
What’s next?
The obvious question is whether Scary Movie can hold or whether this was a pure opening-weekend sugar rush. Horror-comedy can be front-loaded, but AP’s broader takeaway is more interesting: annual ticket sales are still up more than 13% over last year, and the current summer box office is being shaped as much by lower-budget creativity and audience specificity as by giant corporate bets. That is good news for theaters, even if it is probably bad news for anyone still convinced only bloated franchise machinery can win. Oh, and Steven Spielberg has a new film…
Final Pour
This weekend had a clear winner, but the deeper story is that the market still likes surprises. Scary Movie came roaring back, Backrooms stayed nasty, Obsession kept defying the laws of horror gravity, and Masters of the Universe learned the hard way that expensive does not always mean dominant. Summer is getting weird, and honestly, that is a lot more fun than watching the same old safe bets sleepwalk to the top. 🍸🍿
