Taking it over here where it's more appropriate and to give you a bit of education, because you need to account for inflation.
Scream adjusts to 208.6M in today's money. Scream 2 to about 201.6M. Even Scream 3 is about 151.5M. Even in a post-Conjuring/Peele world, these grosses are hard to reach for horror. And the first Scream came at a time when horror was all but dead at the box office. I kind of understand your point, but it's not really 1:1 to compare this stuff.