If Ghostface were to askNeve Campbellwhat her favorite movie is, it could possibly beScream VI. Despite not reprising her role as Sidney Prescott in the fifthScreamsequel, it turns out that Campbell thinks very well of the finished project. Over the weekend, the “Scream” Queen attended Monster-Mania Con 57 at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center & Fairgrounds in Oaks, Pennsylvania. And Campbell talked about the film with the audience. Campbell said (viaYouTube):
“[I hadn’t] watched it until two weeks ago. It took me a minute… I don’t know why. But I actually… I thought they did a really good job. You know, I think the cast are really powerful, wonderful actors, and I don’t wish these movies ill-will, you know? I wanted the movie to be good. It’s not like I’m sitting in my house going, ‘I hope it sucks, I hope it doesn’t do well,’ you know?
I care about all the people involved. There’s someone at the top who only thinks about money, and that’s their prerogative. But for the rest of them, everybody else, I care about these movies being good. And I care about that for you guys, too. I know you guys love these films. So, I thought they did a great job.”
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Scream VI Succeeds Without Sidney
The sixth installment in the American meta-horror slasher franchise Scream.
Scream VIundoubtedly feels different without the character of Sidney Prescott appearing in the horror film.Campbell passed onScream VIbecause of money issues, and Dewey (David Arquette) was killed off in 2022’sScream. So, the only legacy character, of the original three who survived Wes Craven’s seminal movie in 1996, to return was that of Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox). Nevertheless,Scream VIkilled it at the box office.
The fifth sequel in theScreamsaga set a number of franchise records.Scream VIenjoyed the biggest opening weekend in the United States out of all the films with $44.4 million, and it went on to become the largest grossing installment of the series domestically with $108.2 million. And none of theScreamsmade more money worldwide thanPart VI, which amassed $169 million in theaters.Scream 3came the next closest with a global take of $162 million.
Scream VIalso satisfied fans, as the movie ended up with a “B+” CinemaScore and an audience score on Rotten Tomatoes of 91%. Even the critics ended up giving the sequel a “Fresh” rating, which registered at 76% on the Tomatometer.Scream VIis now available to stream on Paramount+… at the time of this writing.
