Shawn and Marlon Wayans’ grand return to the horror parody franchise ran laps around earlier entries at the box office, with a $105.5 million global haul.

*Scary Movie *bests *Backrooms *and *Masters of the Universe *in a blood-curdling box office brawl

Shawn and Marlon Wayans' grand return to the horror parody franchise ran laps around earlier entries at the box office, with a $105.5 million global haul.

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- *Scary Movie *screamed its way to No. 1 at the weekend box office, with a $55 million domestic take and $105.5 million haul globally.

- That domestic figure is nearly double what *Masters of the Universe *achieved in its premiere and what *Backrooms *raised in its third weekend in theaters.

- Next weekend, all three titles will have to contend with Steven Spielberg's return to the alien film genre, *Disclosure Day*.

Though *Scary Movie** *took first place at the box office this weekend, it was movies themselves that won big.

The long-awaited sixth entry in the horror parody franchise declared victory with a much wider margin than was predicted by most box office prognosticators. *Scary Movie *earned $55 million domestically and $105.5 globally, per box office tracker Comscore. That's higher than any previous film in the franchise, and nearly double what its closest competition was able to manage.

*Masters of the Universe*, the second live-action, feature adaptation of Mattel's multimedia fantasy franchise, was projected by many in a neck-and-neck race with *Scary Movie*. But the film starring Nicholas Galitzine, Camila Mendes, and Idris Elba decisively landed at No. 2 domestically and globally, with $29.3 million and $54.3 million grosses, respectively. That marks a significantly worrying start for MGM and Mattel, who hoped for something close to a *Barbie *repeat at the box office, investing anywhere from $170 million to $200 million in *Masters*, according to estimates.

At No. 3, 20-year-old breakout auteur Kane Parsons' *Backrooms** *scared up $25.9 million domestically and $50.1 million globally. But that's after three weeks in the theaters. The conceptual shocker based on deep internet lore was made on a $10 million budget (minus A24's significant marketing and promotional budget), and currently sits at $212.6 million globally.

Marlon Wayans in 'Scary Movie'; Renate Reinsve in 'Backrooms'; Nicholas Galitzine in 'Masters of the Universe'.

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Despite *Masters of the Universe*'s foible with respect to its budget, the domestic box office hasn't looked this healthy in some time. This week's top 10 at the domestic box office raised a combined $175.4 million. Compare that to last year's top 10 total for the weekend of June 6-8, $105.9 million.

It isn't just *Scary Movie*, *Masters of the Universe*, and *Backrooms *pumping cash back into the theatrical industry, either. *Obsession*, another original horror from a startlingly young director (24-year-old Curry Barker), raised just $300,000 less than *Backrooms *this weekend, despite showing in theaters a week longer. That bonkers thrill ride raised $25.6 million domestically this weekend, and $43.3 million globally, for a former gross of $152 million and latter gross of $224.8 million. And the cherry on top: Barker made the film on a sub-$1 million budget, which has inspired both breathless acclaim and dubious questioning.

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Elsewhere on the domestic and global leaderboards, two other films followed *Backrooms *and *Obsession *in showing remarkable staying power.

*Michael*, Antoine Fuqua's jukebox biopic of pop icon Michael Jackson, truly won't stop 'til it gets enough. The controversial film is still charting in its seventh week of release, earning $7.7 million domestically (for a total of $354.2 million) and $23.1 million globally (for a whopping total of $888 million). At this rate, *Michael *has a great chance of crossing the $1 billion threshold at the global box office, a rare feat for a musical biopic.

*The Devil Wears Prada 2 *is also staying in the game, earning the No. 10 spot both domestically and globally with $2.8 million at home and $11.8 million around the world. At $214.9 million, the fashion-forward sequel now sits at No. 4 on the ranking of the year's most profitable films in the U.S., behind *Project Hail Mary*, *Michael*, and the undefeated champion, *The Super Mario Galaxy Movie*.

Next weekend, *Scary Movie*, *Masters of the Universe*, and *Backrooms *face an out-of-this-world threat.

Steven Spielberg returns to the alien film after hits like *E.T. *and *War of the Worlds *with *Disclosure Day*. The mysterious epic starring Emily Blunt, Josh O'Connor, Colman Domingo, and Colin Firth will face off against some of the steepest competition at the box office this year thus far.

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