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Freddy's Worst 'Nighmare', Iron Man 2!
Weekend box office numbers are in and Tony Stark clawed his way to a victory over Freddy Krueger. Of course it comes as no surprise that Warner Bros. remake of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" would fall to the mighty giant that is "Iron Man 2", how large it feel may be a bit harder to swallow...
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"Iron Man 2," the sequel starring Robert Downey Jr. as Marvel's gadget-happy billionaire superhero, earned $133.6 million domestically on its opening weekend, according to distributor Paramount Pictures' estimates Sunday, making "Iron Man 2" the 5th largest opening weekend in cinema history. With the original surpassing so much expectations it was expected to do well, and well it did. An "Iron Man 3" has already been announced to take place in 2013. Can't say we didn't see that coming.
Unfortunately for us horror fans Freddy's numbers slide a whopping 72% from its opening weekend taking in only $9.2 million (tt has now grossed $48.5 million domestically on a $35 million budget), however despite the drastic slide it still remained in second place. What that tells us is that everyone that went to see a movie this weekend saw "Iron Man 2", it wasn't as if they were picking and choosing over something else. Which may be one bright spot in an otherwise lackluster second week performance for the "Nightmare" franchise.
Those of you hoping that Freddy gets a sequel, much like the "Friday the 13th" remake was promised after the opening weekend may have to wait. We are still hopeful that it goes forward and according to the studio they have every plan to at least make 2 more films. However, we were promised a "Friday" sequel this year which has been shelved for the time being, with a sequel being up in the air at this point. Time will tell if this drop in second week numbers will decide the fate of the "Nightmare" franchise.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com are below; final figures will be released Monday:
1. "Iron Man 2," $133.6 million.
2. "A Nightmare on Elm Street," $9.1 million.
3. "How to Train Your Dragon," $6.7 million.
4. "Date Night," $5.3 million.
5. "The Back-up Plan," $4.3 million.
6. "Furry Vengeance," $4 million.
7. "Clash of the Titans," $2.3 million.
8. "Death at a Funeral," $2.1 million.
9. "The Losers," $1.8 million.
10. "Babies," $1.5 million.
Source: Hollywood.com
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WHEN he's not bringing his own brand of Bay-hem to the big screen as a director Michael Bay likes to act as producer to a whole host of horror remakes including The Amityville Horror, Friday 13th and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
It's now the turn of 1984's A Nightmare On Elm Street.
The concept of the original film is one of horrors finest.
Man with knives for hands and melted face kills you in your dreams terrifying.
At least it was to me when age far to young I watched it.
Being a little older now this reboot of the movie was unlikely to scare me it also disappointed too Jackie Earle Haley (Rorscarch from Watchmen) makes a so so Freddy not up to the standards of Robert Englund who would make this film watch-able.
The People he's killing are a reallyy tedious interchangeable bunch of emo kids and director Samuel Bayer seems to have one setting for horror – the jump scare – which obviously only works the first couple of times.
The flashy visuals and CGI don't add anything and for a film whose cast is desperate to stay awake while watching it may find you struggling to
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