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Melissa Barrera Slams Scream 7 Box Office, Claims Pro-Palestine Firing

5/8/2026

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Barrera Slams Scream

Melissa Barrera claimed the studio’s $207.5 million worldwide gross figure for Scream 7 is false and called the film “sucked.”
She said she was fired in 2023 over pro-Palestine posts, prompting a $500,000 rewrite.
She criticized the studio’s $45-million budget, the nostalgia-bait casting of Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox, and questioned the $97.2 million opening-weekend worldwide report.
She said she will work with pro-Palestine actors such as Susan Sarandon, Tatiana Maslany, Hannah Einbinder, Poppy Liu and Javier Bardem.

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Melissa Barrera — Backlash Response

Melissa Barrera now headlines the Broadway musical comedy Titaníque as Rose DeWitt Bukater.
Titaníque received four Tony nominations, including Best Musical and Best Leading Actress for co-writer Marla Mindelle.
Spyglass Media Group reiterated its zero-tolerance policy for antisemitism and hate speech after Barrera’s firing.
Barrera called herself a “perfect scapegoat,” claiming industry grudges target her as a woman of color.

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Historical Context

In November 1947 the House Un-American Activities Committee cited ten writers and directors for contempt, launching the first Hollywood blacklist. By 1950 the anti-communist pamphlet Red Channels listed 151 entertainment figures, and the Screen Actors Guild required its officers to sign a loyalty oath, showing industry self-censorship. Today Spyglass Media Group’s dismissal of actress Melissa Barrera for pro-Palestine posts echoes that punitive silencing.

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Barrera Slams Scream

Melissa Barrera claimed the studio’s $207.5 million worldwide gross figure for Scream 7 is false and called the film “sucked.”
She said she was fired in 2023 over pro-Palestine posts, prompting a $500,000 rewrite.
She criticized the studio’s $45-million budget, the nostalgia-bait casting of Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox, and questioned the $97.2 million opening-weekend worldwide report.
She said she will work with pro-Palestine actors such as Susan Sarandon, Tatiana Maslany, Hannah Einbinder, Poppy Liu and Javier Bardem.

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