Slasher film "Scream VI" led ticket sales at the North American box office with an estimated three-day cume of 44.5 million U.S. dollars on its opening weekend, showed figures from the measurement firm Comscore on Sunday.

Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media Group's "Scream VI" scored the biggest debut weekend of the long-running horror film franchise that began in 1996.

Following the latest Ghostface killings, the four survivors of the latest Woodsboro massacre start a fresh chapter in the sequel to 2022's "Scream."

Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, Melissa Barrera, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, Jenna Ortega, Hayden Panettiere and Courteney Cox reprise their roles from previous installments.

The R-rated film holds an approval rating of 75 percent based on 216 reviews to date on the review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes. It earned a "B+" on an "A+" to "F" scale from audiences polled by the market research firm CinemaScore.

MGM Studios' sports drama film "Creed III" came in second with 27.1 million dollars on its second weekend for a North American total of 101.3 million dollars through Sunday.

Rounding out the top three, another newcomer, Sony's science fiction action film "65" opened with 12.3 million dollars this weekend. 

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