This weekend’s box-office numbers for the US are in and the reimagining of Wes Craven’s A Nightmare On Elm Street made the top spot with $32.2 million in receipts for this past weekend (Apr. 30 – May 2). The remake/ reboot just outshone the hugely successful How To Train Your Dragon, which held at number two with a little over $10 million in takings for the three days. At three was the under-rated Steve Carell/ Tina Fey comedy Date Night, which managed $7.5 million.
‘Nightmare’ nearly made back its modest $35 million budget in just three days, a huge success for studio Warner Brothers, who are now bound to push for a sequel. The film opens in UK cinemas next week.
Here’s this week’s top ten in full.
| 1. A Nightmare on Elm Street | $ 32.2 Million | |
| 2. How to Train Your Dragon | $ 10.8 Million | $ 192.4 Million |
| 3. Date Night | $ 7.6 Million | $ 73.6 Million |
| 4. The Back-Up Plan | $ 7.2 Million | $ 22.9 Million |
| 5. Furry Vengeance | $ 6.5 Million | |
| 6. The Losers | $ 6 Million | $ 18.1 Million |
| 7. Clash of the Titans | $ 5.9 Million | $ 154 Million |
| 8. Kick-Ass | $ 4.5 Million | $ 42.2 Million |
| 9. Death at a Funeral | $ 4 Million | $ 34.8 Million |
| 10. Oceans | $ 2.6 Million | $ 13.5 Million |
