After three weeks of indie horror dominance at the box office, the slasher spoof “Scary Movie” topped ticket sales with $55 million over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, easily besti...

The film took in $55 million over the weekend in the United States and Canada.

“Scary Movie,” the sixth installment in the series that began back in 2000, is earning the highest opening weekend for the franchise before inflation adjustment, the previous high being “Scary Movie 3...