Box Office: ‘Scary Movie’ Scores Franchise-Best $55 Million Opening, ‘Masters of the Universe’ Stumbles With $29.3 Million

It’s a horror trifecta.

Paramount’s “Scary Movie” ruled at box office with $55 million in its opening weekend, extending an unexpected streak for, well, scary movies in the height of summer movie season.

The R-rated parody was joined at the top of North American charts by “Backrooms” and “Obsession,” two horror films that captured lightning […] ...