‘Scream 2’ star mocked for ‘bitching’ about his low residuals from 1997 film: ‘Better than nothing’

Your favourite scary movie isn’t raking successful nan residuals.

After “Scream 2” prima Craig Shoemaker took to Instagram to stock that he received $34.09 for his portion successful nan 1997 scary movie, fans flocked to nan remark conception to telephone him out.

“So you had a spot portion successful 1 sequel of a multi-movie franchise a quarter-century ago. Not judge if you rage baiting aliases legit bitching,” 1 follower commented beneath nan post.

Shoemaker, 61, replied, “How astir nary of nan above, and nan rage wrong of you is nan only baiting? Lol.”

“Better than nothing,” different societal media personification added. “Would a amended negotiating alteration that? Cause you were a time player.”

“It’s said pinch humor, and thing else. If you don’t get it, past move on,” Shoemaker clapped back.

Others recovered nan joke successful Shoemaker’s post, pinch 1 instrumentality chiming in, “Now now now…don’t get crazy…that’s $34 earlier taxes taken out. Soooo $25 bucks?”

“S–t,” nan character responded. “I didn’t deliberation astir that. I’m down to a hotdog and a lemonade now.”

“In 1997 I was formed successful nan domiciled of nan movie professor successful nan sequel of nan original Scream movie, Scream 2, wherever I lead a speech successful people astir movie sequels,” Shoemaker primitively wrote connected Tuesday alongside a changeable of nan letter.

“The residuals support rolling in, baby! What should I bargain pinch my 34 bucks?” he teased.

“Scream” premiered successful 1996 and starred Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Skeet Ulrich, Rose McGowan, Matthew Lillard and Jamie Kennedy.

The sequel deed theaters a twelvemonth later successful 1997 and followed Sidney Prescott (Campbell) astatine college.

Along pinch Campbell, nan formed included Arquette, Cox, Kennedy, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Laurie Metcalf, Jerry O’Connell, Timothy Olyphant, Jada Pinkett Smith and Liev Schreiber.

Shoemaker is listed arsenic having played “Artsy Teacher” successful nan film, according to IMDb.

In 2022, Campbell, 52, decided to walk distant from nan franchise’s sixth movie owed to a net dispute.

“Sadly, I won’t beryllium making nan adjacent ‘Scream’ film,” she said successful a connection to Page Six astatine nan time.

“As a female I person had to activity highly difficult successful my profession to found my value, particularly erstwhile it comes to ‘Scream.’”

The franchise made headlines erstwhile again successful 2023 aft Melissa Barrera was fired from “Scream 7” pursuing a bid of comments astir nan Israel-Hamas war.

Jenna Ortega, who starred successful 2022’s “Scream” and 2023’s “Scream VI,” pinch Barrera, 35, revealed she besides exited nan franchise.

Ulrich, 56, meanwhile, confirmed to The Post that he was expected to beryllium successful “Scream 7″ — contempt dying successful nan first movie — until Barrera was axed.

The character played his on-screen girl successful nan films.

However, astir 30 years aft the iconic slasher franchise first debuted, astir of OG formed reunited for “Scream 7,” which premiered this past February.

Campbell and Cox made a comeback alongside Lillard, 56, and Arquette, 54 — contempt their character’s being killed off. Metcalf, 71, and Scott Foley besides reprised their roles from past films.

The movie marked predominant “Scream” creator/writer Kevin Williamson’s first time directing, pursuing nan 2015 decease of Wes Craven, who directed nan first 4 films successful nan franchise. Williamson took complete aft Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, who directed nan 2022 and 2023 installments, exited.

“Oh, it’s been awesome [to return],” he gushed to The Post last summer. “I’ve ever been connected nan fringes of nan past fewer ‘Scream’ movies, arsenic benignant of nan granddaddy of nan franchise.”