SCARY MOVIE (2026) has officially pushed the franchise past the $1 BILLION worldwide

SCARY MOVIE (2026) has officially pushed the franchise past the $1 BILLION worldwide milestone and honestly, that’s a comeback very few people saw coming.

For years, Scary Movie felt like a relic of a different era of comedy. The early films were everywhere in the 2000s, but after the franchise went quiet, a lot of people assumed it would stay there. Instead, the return of the Wayans brothers, along with Anna Faris and Regina Hall, reminded audiences why these movies became cultural events in the first place.

What makes this success interesting is the timing. Comedy franchises have struggled at the box office in recent years, and parody movies especially seemed like a genre Hollywood had largely abandoned. Yet SCARY MOVIE 6 leaned directly into today’s horror landscape, taking aim at films like Longlegs and Weapons while bringing back the chaotic energy that made the originals so popular.

The $105.5 million global haul isn’t just a win for one movie—it’s proof that audiences still have an appetite for big-screen comedies when the right people are behind them. And crossing the $1 billion franchise mark turns what could have been a nostalgia play into a genuine Hollywood comeback story.

Now the big question is whether this was a one-time reunion fueled by nostalgia, or the beginning of a real second life for the franchise.

Should the Wayans brothers keep making new Scary Movie films, or is this the perfect place for the franchise to end on a high note?