As of June 12, 2026, the new Scary Movie has done what Hollywood keeps pretending audiences no longer want: it showed up, acted rude, ignored the sensitivity consultants, and made real money.
According to Box Office Mojo, Scary Movie (2026) is sitting at $121,969,488 worldwide, with $67.3 million domestic and $54.6 million international. On a reported budget that has been widely framed as modest by studio-comedy standards, that is not a “conversation starter.” That is a hit.
And that matters, because this movie was never supposed to be treated like a hit by the cultural referee class.
The larger story floating around online is even more entertaining. A lot of viral commentary is now claiming that Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro has been lashing out at moviegoers and attacking Scary Movie 6 over its jokes. I went looking for the receipts. I could verify that D’Amaro is Disney’s CEO. Disney announced that on February 3, 2026, with the transition taking effect on March 18, 2026. What I could not verify was any official Disney statement or credible trade report showing D’Amaro publicly raging about Scary Movie 6 in the way these clips and transcripts are describing.
That distinction matters.
If there is a real interview, a real conference appearance, or a real Disney statement, then show it. Until then, I’m not going to pretend a viral rant transcript is the same thing as reporting. Too much of entertainment media already runs on vibes, fan-fiction, and outrage laundering.
But here’s the part that still tells you something important: the rumor spread because it felt believable to people.
Why? Because the gap between what audiences will pay for and what the industry wants to bless has gotten absurd. A loud, crude parody comes in, critics sneer, online tastemakers start moralizing, and then regular people buy tickets anyway. That pattern is familiar now. Hollywood has spent so much time trying to manage tone, message, and social posture that a movie showing up with bad manners starts to feel rebellious by default.
That does not mean every joke is good. It does not mean every complaint is fake. It means audiences can smell committee-approved comedy from a mile away, and they are starving for something that feels less supervised.
Disney, for its part, is not publicly fighting this battle in the way the viral posts claim. In D’Amaro’s official public remarks so far, he has mostly stuck to standard CEO language about storytelling, technology, streaming, and long-term value. That is corporate, not culture-war napalm. So if people want to argue with Disney, fine. There is plenty to argue with. But make the case against what was actually said, not against a quote blob passed around like gospel because it sounds satisfying.
The funniest outcome here is simple: Scary Movie 6 is winning twice. First at the box office. Then again by making half the internet so eager for a Hollywood meltdown that they invented one.
That’s where we are now. The audience bought the ticket. The movie cashed the check. And the people who insist they speak for “the culture” are once again left arguing with reality.
Sources
- Box Office Mojo: Scary Movie (2026)
- The Walt Disney Company: Josh D’Amaro Named Next Chief Executive Officer
- The Walt Disney Company: Disney Q2 FY26 Earnings, Commentary from CEO Josh D’Amaro
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