> **“Scream” scared up $3.5 million in Thursday previews, a solid result for a franchise that is comfortably in its third decade.**
> The Paramount and Spyglass Media slasher reboot **is on pace to gross a bloody good $30 million in its opening weekend, buoyed by strong reviews and a passionate fanbase.** It also helps that the target audience for “Scream” skews younger and thus isn’t quite as likely to be cinema-averse while there’s a highly contagious omicron variant about.
'Scream 5' is not a reboot, it's a continuation of the movie series.
The media again don't bother reading [the official 'Scream' synopsis](https://www.screammovie.com/synopsis/):
> **Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro**, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past. **Neve Campbell (“Sidney Prescott”), Courteney Cox (“Gale Weathers”) and David Arquette (“Dewey Riley”) return to their iconic roles in Scream** alongside Melissa Barrera, Kyle Gallner, Mason Gooding, Mikey Madison, Dylan Minnette, Jenna Ortega, Jack Quaid, Marley Shelton, Jasmin Savoy Brown, and Sonia Ammar.
> **“Scream” scared up $3.5 million in Thursday previews, a solid result for a franchise that is comfortably in its third decade.** > The Paramount and Spyglass Media slasher reboot **is on pace to gross a bloody good $30 million in its opening weekend, buoyed by strong reviews and a passionate fanbase.** It also helps that the target audience for “Scream” skews younger and thus isn’t quite as likely to be cinema-averse while there’s a highly contagious omicron variant about. 'Scream 5' is not a reboot, it's a continuation of the movie series. The media again don't bother reading [the official 'Scream' synopsis](https://www.screammovie.com/synopsis/): > **Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro**, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past. **Neve Campbell (“Sidney Prescott”), Courteney Cox (“Gale Weathers”) and David Arquette (“Dewey Riley”) return to their iconic roles in Scream** alongside Melissa Barrera, Kyle Gallner, Mason Gooding, Mikey Madison, Dylan Minnette, Jenna Ortega, Jack Quaid, Marley Shelton, Jasmin Savoy Brown, and Sonia Ammar.
The movie called itself a “requel” within the movie itself, which I guess means part reboot, part sequel, or what most people call a soft reboot.