Another low-budget film crushes an expensive action movie at the box office — ‘an outstanding opening for a comedy sequel this far into the series’
The comedy sequel "Scary Movie" has unexpectedly topped the weekend box office, earning $55 million and surpassing the much larger budget "Masters of the Universe." This success marks a franchise best for "Scary Movie," which was produced by Miramax and co-written by the Wayans brothers, despite receiving poor reviews. In contrast, "Masters of the Universe," an Amazon MGM release based on Mattel toys, underperformed significantly with only $29.3 million domestically against its nearly $200 million production cost. AI
