Wikipedia readers turned to Scary Movie (2026 film) at 29x the usual rate

What this article is

Scary Movie is a 2026 American parody film directed by Michael Tiddes and written by Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Craig Wayans, and Rick Alvarez. It is the sixth installment in the Scary Movie film series and has been referred to as the spiritual sequel to the first two films. It stars Marlon, Shawn, Anna Faris, and Regina Hall. The plot follows Cindy Campbell and her friends Ray Wilkins and siblings Shorty and Brenda Meeks reunited when the same masked killer from the original film Scary Movie resurfaces.

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Where editors were working

Wikipedia editors made 47 edits to this article on 2026-06-05, concentrated in these sections. This is evidence about the surge, not an explanation of it.

• Cast
• Critical response
• Plot
• Box office
• Premise
• Reception

What changed that day

The article grew by 1,450 characters that day. The largest single addition was 578 characters. See everything that changed on 2026-06-05 in Wikipedia's own diff view — that is where the reason for a surge is usually visible, written and sourced by the editors who were following the story.

Rose at the same time

1 other article that this one is connected to surged alongside it. What they have in common is left to you — the pageview record shows that attention moved together, not why.

• Anna Faris American actress (born 1976)

How this was measured

Views are Wikimedia's own pageview counts for en.wikipedia, filtered to agent=user so automated traffic is excluded. The baseline is the median of the previous 60 days, which is used instead of the mean so that an earlier surge cannot flatten a later one. The multiple is the day's views divided by that median.