The Bride! Bombs with $7 Million Opening Weekend, Pixar’s Hoppers Scores $46 Million Debut
By Rebecca Rubin
March 8, 2026


This bride might need life support. Director Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride!, a feminist reimagining of The Bride of Frankenstein, has collapsed in its box office debut with $7.3 million from 3,304 North American theaters.

Since the Warner Bros. film cost $90 million to produce — a staggering price tag for the horror genre — and audience scores are downright scary, it’s shaping up to be the year’s first big bomb.



Reviews weren’t great (it has a 59% on Rotten Tomatoes), but the death knell for looks to be the “C+” grade on CinemaScore exit polls. It doesn’t bode well for the word-of-mouth that’s needed for a long life in theaters.

Making matters worse, The Bride! is struggling to show a pulse at the international box office with $6.3 million, bringing its global tally to a tragic $13.6 million.







Scream 7 suffered a brutal 74% decline in its sophomore outing and still managed to place higher than The Bride! on weekend charts.

Paramount’s slasher sequel slid to second place with $17.3 million from 3,540 theaters.



Despite mixed reviews, Scream 7 has generated a killer $93.3 million domestically and $149.4 million globally.

Part of the appeal has been Neve Campbell’s heroic return as Sidney Prescott (she sat out the prior entry due to a salary dispute), as well as the enduring popularity of the horror genre.







GOAT ranked at No. 4 with $6.6 million in its fourth weekend of release, bringing its domestic tally to $83.8 million.

The film has earned $62.5 million internationally and $146 million globally against an $80 million budget.







Wuthering Heights rounded out the top five with $3.8 million in its fourth frame. Director Emerald Fennell’s literary adaptation has generated $78 million in North America to date.

The R-rated film has been far bigger at the international box office with $134.9 million overseas for a global tally of $213 million. It cost $80 million.

https://variety.com/2026/film/box-office/the-bride-bombs-box-office-opening-weekend-pixar-hoppers-scores-1236681832/





March 6-8, 2026: Weekend Studio Estimates

1. Hoppers $46,000,000
2. Scream 7 $17,300,000 / $93,374,160
3. The Bride! $7,260,000
4. GOAT $6,600,000 / $83,803,047
5. Wuthering Heights $3,750,000 / $78,764,775
6. Crime 101 $2,066,759 / $2,066,759
7. Send Help $1,600,000 / $62,735,847
8. I Can Only Imagine 2 $1,525,000 / $16,205,678
9. EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert $1,523,800 / $10,948,430
10. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle $1,300,000 / $135,819,077

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Scream 7 becomes Franchise’s Highest-Grossing Release with $176 Million, Hamnet Surpasses $100 Million Milestone
by Rebecca Rubin
March 15, 2026


Paramount’s Scream 7 is officially the highest-grossing installment in the long-running franchise with $176.9 million.

Those ticket sales for include $70.4 million at the international box office and $106.5 million domestically.




Chloe Zhao’s Shakespearean tragedy Hamnet crossed the $100 million mark on Oscar weekend.

The film, which is nominated for eight Academy Awards at Sunday evening’s ceremony, has powered to $100.6 million globally — including a mighty $75.2 million internationally and $24.1 million in North America.




Universal’s romantic drama Reminders of Him opened to $10 million from 56 international markets. The film, an adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s best-selling novel, was a bigger draw domestically with $18.2 million, bringing its global total to $28.2 million.

It’s a solid start considering the movie cost $25 million to produce.




Disney and Pixar’s Hoppers remained No. 1 at the international box office with $31 million from 45 territories in its second weekend of release.

So far, the animated adventure has generated $77.9 million overseas and $164 million globally against a $150 million budget. As long as audiences keep showing up, Hoppers looks to be Pixar’s first original hit since 2017’s Coco.




The Bride! added a tragic $1.7 million from 70 markets in its sophomore outing.

With terrible reviews and a negative audience reception, the R-rated film has earned a paltry $9.7 million overseas and $21 million worldwide to date.

https://variety.com/2026/film/box-office/scream-7-box-office-highest-grossing-installment-hamnet-100-million-milestone-1236688515/




March 13-15, 2026: Weekend Studio Estimates

1. Hoppers $28,500,000 / $86,800,900
2. Reminders of Him $18,250,000
3. Undertone $9,339,663
4. Scream 7 $8,350,000 / $106,547,102
5. GOAT $4,700,000 / $90,555,936
6. The Bride! $2,110,000 / $11,334,766
7. Kiki's Delivery Service $1,668,734
8. Wuthering Heights $1,665,000 / $81,927,077
9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (re-release) $1,476,000
10. Crime 101 $1,136,262 / $35,558,170

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even though I havent seen a Scream movie since 3 I am glad the franchise is doing well