I just want to sat a big congrats to Katie and the cast of A Nightmare On Elm Street for not only taking $32.2 million on its first weekend but for being the 1# movie in the USA. I will be going to see it as soon as it comes on in the UK.
Warner Bros.’ “A Nightmare on Elm Street” made an impressive $32.2 million this weekend to claim the title of no. 1 movie in America, but does anyone really want to sleep with Freddy again?
Audiences clearly wanted a Freddy Krueger fix and the film had an great $15.9 million Friday. Saturday, however, found the tentpole suffering a 33% drop to $10.5 million which isn’t unexpected for horror films, but larger than expected in this case. Historically, “Nightmore” also made less than 2003’s “Freddy vs. Jason” which opened to $36 million. Considering the rise in ticket prices and hellacious reviews, the studio may want to do some indepth audience polling before seriously considering a sequel