Posted on Mon, May 2, 2011 : 11:47 a.m.
'Scream 4' has slow weekend at the box office
By AnnArbor.com Staff
In its third weekend in release, locally filmed "Scream 4" added just $2.1 million to its take at the box office, a drop of 69 percent from the previous weekend.
The Box Office Mojo website lists "Scream 4" in 13th place for the weekend, a drop from fifth place last week. It came in second in its debut weekend, behind the animated "Rio."
The total box office take for "Scream 4" is now $35.4 million. Its budget is estimated at $40 million.
"Scream 4," the most recent entry in the popular tongue-in-cheek horror franchise, was shot in the Ann Arbor area and other nearby communities last summer.
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lumberg48108
Mon, May 2, 2011 : 4:36 p.m.
While I like most of Wes Craven's work - this was a blatant attempt at a money grab - and nothing more! Scream was a breath of fresh air in 1996 when it was a jolt to a tired genre -- its sequals were boring though in 2011, why was there a need to make a fourth film? was there a calling for it? demand? or were they looking for easy money?? I am happy this movie failed -- it might discourage others from doing the same thing