Scream VIs $19.3 million Friday is bigger than the entire opening weekend of 2011sScream 4.
The previous top weekend grosser in the long-running series was 2000sScream 3, which opened to $34 million.
The films B+ CinemaScore from opening day audiences certainly bodes well for its performance in the long run.
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This puts the movie on track to finish with around $150 million domestically.
Elsewhere, holdover releasesCocaine BearandAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumaniaare neck-and-neck with around $1.7 million each on Friday.
Both films have slowed down significantly after front-loaded openings.
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Scream VIwill likely surrender the top spot next week toShazam!
Fury of the Gods, the latest entry in the perennially evolving DC Extended Universe.
