Showdowns
'Scary Movie' Showdown
| Movie Summary | ![]() Scary Movie | ![]() Scary Movie 2 | ![]() Scary Movie 3 | ![]() Scary Movie 4 | ![]() Scary Movie 5 |
| Genre | Horror Comedy | Horror Comedy | Horror Comedy | Horror Comedy | Comedy |
| Studio | Miramax | Miramax | Dimension Films | Weinstein / Dimension | Weinstein / Dimension |
| Release Date | July 7, 2000 | July 4, 2001 | October 24, 2003 | April 14, 2006 | April 12, 2013 |
| Domestic Gross | $157,019,771 | $71,308,997 | $110,003,217 | $90,710,620 | $32,015,787 |
| Production Budget | $19 million | $45 million | $48 million | $45 million | $20 million |
| Running Time | 1 hr. 28 min. | 1 hr. 23 min. | 1 hr. 30 min. | 1 hr. 23 min. | 1 hr. 25 min. |
| MPAA Rating | R | R | PG-13 | PG-13 | PG-13 |
| MPAA Reason | strong crude sexual humor, language, drug use and violence | strong sexual and gross humor, graphic language and some drug content | pervasive crude and sexual humor, langauge, comic violence and drug references | crude and sexual humor throughout, some comic violence and language | crude and sexual content throughout, language, some drug material, partial nudity, comic violence and gore. |
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| Domestic Summary | Scary Movie | Scary Movie 2 | Scary Movie 3 | Scary Movie 4 | Scary Movie 5 |
| Total Gross | $157,019,771 | $71,308,997 | $110,003,217 | $90,710,620 | $32,015,787 |
| Opening Weekend* | $42,346,669 | $20,503,356 | $48,113,770 | $40,222,875 | $14,157,367 |
| Theaters | 2,912 | 3,220 | 3,505 | 3,602 | 3,402 |
| Average | $14,542 | $6,367 | $13,727 | $11,166 | $4,161 |
| Opening % of Total | 27.0% | 28.8% | 43.7% | 44.3% | 44.2% |
| Second Weekend Drop | -38.1% | -53.4% | -58.4% | -58.2% | -56.6% |
| Widest Release | 3,301 | 3,220 | 3,505 | 3,674 | 3,402 |
| Close Date | n/a | n/a | February 19, 2004 | August 3, 2006 | July 25, 2013 |
| In Release | n/a | n/a | 119 days / 17 weeks | 112 days / 16 weeks | 105 days / 15 weeks |
| *Note: If a movie opened in limited release and later went wide, data from the first wide weekend of release is used. | |||||
| Worldwide Summary | Scary Movie | Scary Movie 2 | Scary Movie 3 | Scary Movie 4 | Scary Movie 5 |
| Worldwide Gross | $278,019,771 | $141,220,678 | $220,673,217 | $178,262,620 | $78,378,744 |
| Foreign Gross | $121,000,000 | $69,911,681 | $110,670,000 | $87,552,000 | $46,362,957 |
| Foreign % of Worldwide | 43.5% | 49.5% | 50.2% | 49.1% | 59.2% |
| Domestic Gross | $157,019,771 | $71,308,997 | $110,003,217 | $90,710,620 | $32,015,787 |
| Domestic % of Worldwide | 56.5% | 50.5% | 49.8% | 50.9% | 40.8% |
| People Summary | Scary Movie | Scary Movie 2 | Scary Movie 3 | Scary Movie 4 | Scary Movie 5 |
| Actor: Anna Faris | #2 | #10 | #6 | #8 | - |
| Actor: Charlie Sheen | - | - | #2 | n/a | #12 |
| Actor: Kevin Hart | - | - | #5 | n/a | - |
| Actor: Leslie Nielsen | - | - | #1 | #2 | - |
| Actor: Marlon Wayans | #1 | #3 | - | - | - |
| Actor: Regina Hall | #1 | #6 | #3 | #5 | - |
| Actor: Shawn Wayans | #1 | #2 | - | - | - |
| Composer: James L. Venable | - | - | #1 | #2 | - |
| Director: David Zucker | - | - | #1 | #2 | - |
| Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans | #1 | #2 | - | - | - |
| Producer: Lee R. Mayes | #1 | #3 | - | - | - |
| Producer: Robert K. Weiss | - | - | #1 | #2 | - |
| Writer: Aaron Seltzer | #1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | - |
| Writer: Craig Mazin | - | - | #4 | #5 | - |
| Writer: Jason Friedberg | #1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | - |
| Genres & Franchises | Scary Movie | Scary Movie 2 | Scary Movie 3 | Scary Movie 4 | Scary Movie 5 |
| Franchise: Scary Movie | #1 | #4 | #2 | #3 | #5 |
| Genre: Comedy - R-Rated Youth | #7 | #25 | - | - | - |
| Genre: Comedy - Spoof | #3 | #10 | #4 | #5 | #25 |
| Genre: Horror Comedy | #2 | #12 | #6 | #7 | #24 |
| Showdown: 'Scary Movie' Showdown | #1 | #4 | #2 | #3 | #5 |
| Showdown: Scary Movie 3 Vs. 4 | - | - | #1 | #2 | - |
| Chart Rankings | Scary Movie | Scary Movie 2 | Scary Movie 3 | Scary Movie 4 | Scary Movie 5 |
| All Time Domestic | #311 | #1079 | #590 | #780 | #2494 |
| All Time Worldwide | #482 | - | #646 | - | - |
| Opening Weeks | #267 | #818 | #311 | #374 | #1661 |
| Opening Day Gross | - | - | #206 | #196 | - |
| Single Day Gross | - | - | #713 | #712 | - |
| Single Day Friday Gross | - | - | #241 | #227 | - |
| Opening Weekends | #287 | #893 | #234 | #320 | #1386 |
| Opening Weekends - April | - | - | - | #11 | #91 |
| Opening Weekends - July | #49 | #121 | - | - | - |
| Top 3-Day Grosses | #274 | - | #224 | #306 | - |
| Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation) | - | #643 | #786 | #782 | #730 |
| Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation) | #448 | #1219 | #1449 | #1441 | #1362 |
| Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide) | #662 | #1695 | #2013 | #2001 | #1893 |
| Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases | #1771 | #3463 | #3940 | #3924 | #3768 |
| Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends | - | - | #148 | #194 | - |
| Widest Releases | #597 | #678 | #395 | #277 | #504 |
| Widest Independent Releases | - | - | - | #6 | #16 |
| Widest Opening Releases | - | #624 | #371 | #310 | #467 |
| Widest Opening Independent Releases | - | - | - | #8 | #14 |
| Widest R Rated Releases | #79 | #101 | - | - | - |
| Slowest to $100 million | #413 | - | #278 | - | - |
| BOM Users' Grades | #564 | #663 | #596 | #600 | - |
| Opening Weeks Adjusted | #174 | #708 | #273 | #392 | #2359 |
| Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted | #210 | - | #176 | #196 | - |
| Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted | #254 | - | #198 | - | - |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - April | - | - | - | #11 | #130 |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - July | #36 | #113 | - | - | - |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted | #198 | #767 | #190 | #322 | #2059 |
| Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted | - | - | #129 | #197 | - |
| Rated R, Opening Weekends Adjusted | #19 | #187 | - | - | - |
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