7.4/10
8,416
$14.0M
$173.0M
How Scream compares
Every figure below is calculated across the whole of Scream, not taken from this film’s own record.
- #1 of 7
- Rank in the series by rating
- The first film
- Where it sits in the series
- 27%
- Share of the series audience
Scream (1996) is the highest-rated of the 7 rated films in the Scream series, at 7.4/10 on TMDB against a series average of 6.6/10.
It is the film that started the series, 29 years before the most recent entry, Scream 7 (2026).
Its 8,415 TMDB ratings are 27% of the 31,020 cast across the series, more than any other film in it.
Computed by Movies in Order from The Movie Database (TMDB) collection data for Scream, comparing all 7 released films in the series. Last recalculated November 2026.
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