After dominating the box office for a few weeks, Spider-Man: No Way Home took second place to the newly released Scream. The Omicron variant didn’t stand in the way of Scream’s success either, as the film pulled in $31.5 million during its opening weekend. This number is close to previous sequel openings, with Scream 2 making $32.9 million in 1997, and Scream 3 making $34.7 million in 2000.
Box Office Numbers from Friday, January 14th, through Sunday, January 16th:
1. Scream, $31.5 million
2. Spider-Man: No Way Home, $20.8 million
3. Sing 2, $8.27 million
4. The King’s Man, $2.3 million
5. The 355, $2.34 million
6. American Underdog, $1.6 million
7. Belle, $1.64 million
8. West Side Story, $948,000
9. Licorice Pizza, $883,000
10. Matrix Resurrections, $815,000
