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
RANK_REASON The cluster reports on a major box office event where a low-budget film significantly outperformed a high-budget film, impacting industry expectations for genre performance. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.0]
- A24
- Curry Barker
- David A. Gross
- Focus Features
- Lionsgate
- Masters of the Universe
- Mattel
- Miramax
- Paramount Pictures
- Scary Movie
- The Walt Disney Co.
- Wayans brothers
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