‘Scary Movie’ & ‘Masters Of The Universe’ To Freak Each Other Out With $35M+ Openings – Box Office Early Look

As we mentioned in our summer curtain raiser, for the most part each weekend this summer is relying on one studio tentpole film, making the first weekend in June when one of a handful where there’s actually two studios duking it out with respective event films; we’re talking Paramount/Miramax’s reboot of the Wayans Brothers’ Scary Movie and Amazon MGM Studios’ Travis Knight directed, Nicholas Galitzine as He-Man starring Masters of the Universe.

Scary Movie has a first choice that’s close to 3x that of Masters of the Universe. Tickets don’t go on sale until Monday for the Michael Tiddes directed satire, but the current forecast is in the range of $35M-$40Ms. The hope is that the old school and new school fans show up to this movie which Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans and Keenen Ivory Wayans returned to write the script and produce alongside longtime collaborator Rick Alvarez. This film is the spiritual sequel to the first two Scary Movie films. Also returning in addition to the Wayans are franchise scream queens Anna Faris and Regina Hall. First choice is very strong right now with women under 25, followed by men over/under 25.

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