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Brett Beach: To Pete's point, I think that a near $20 million opening for a film is all relative. Yes, that's nearly half the budget. Yes, for a franchise gone for over a decade that figure is respectable. But I would categorize it as disappointing from a personal standpoint of how excited I was for this film to come out and imagining that there were a large number of others who would, at the least, rush out to see this opening weekend, if not day. I don't think it matters whether this is spun as a "reboot" or a new installment, this is disheartening on a personal level for me. (I still haven't seen it, and won't be able to for a couple of weeks, so I am not speaking to quality.) Depending on next weekend's figures, Insidious could end up outgrossing this when all is said and done.

To the final question, consider this - The Weinsteins are making Piranha 3DD when the original made only $25 million. Yes there will be a 5 and 6 (with Wes Craven, I am not sure), and I may even be excited for them.

Jim Van Nest: If 4 makes a profit, I see no reason they won't go ahead with at least Scream 5. Why not, if you're making money...keep pumping them out there. I think the result, though, has a lot to do with the lag between films and the changes in the genre since the last one. Slasher flicks, sadly, seem to be a thing of the past. Sure Nightmare on Elm Street opened strong, but I'd bet that has more to do with Freddy Kruger being an icon of the genre...more so than Ghostface. This kind of makes me sad, because I much prefer the unstoppable maniac killers than the new breed of torture porn killers.

David Mumpower: You are all absolutely right about the performance as well as the fact that as long as Scream 4 is profitable, Scream 5 could/should move forward. In terms of why this movie didn't do better, I think the answer lies in the nature of the franchise. When Scream came out, its self-awareness was a novel plot device in an era sadly lacking in storytelling creativity. Right after that, we had a slew of phenomenal cinema that stood out in this regard, but Scream was a breath of fresh air. Fast forward to today and the Internet has co-opted every element of the premise that made Scream unique. In fact, the delay time in a movie production means that ideas that may be original at the time of principal photography are already outdated by opening weekend. Scream as a franchise has a lot working against it in the social media era. Meanwhile, the less clever slasher films can always meet their mark since the bar is set so low.

Please, Sam Raimi. Don't do it.

Kim Hollis: Are there any remaining horror franchise ready for a reboot/relaunch, or does Scream represent the last of the next generation iterations of terror?

Josh Spiegel: The only horror franchises that will get reboots are the ones that have already been rebooted. What's left? We had a Dawn of the Dead remake, a Halloween remake, a Friday the 13th remake, a Nightmare on Elm Street remake. Oh, here: how about Leprechaun? That hasn't been remade.

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