Box Office Report: April 30 - May 2
Sun, May 2, 2010 
Courtesy of Box Office Mojo:
1. A Nightmare on Elm Street - $32.2 million
2. How to Train Your Dragon - $10.8 million
3. Date Night - $7.6 million
4. The Back-Up Plan - $7.2 million
5. Furry Vengeance - $6.5 million
6. The Losers - $6 million
7. Clash of the Titans - $5.9 million
8. Kick-Ass - $4.4 million
9. Death at a Funeral - $4 million
10. Oceans - $2.6 million
As expected, the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street ran away with the weekend, grossing an impressive $32 million. However, the film took a steep 33% drop from Friday to Saturday, which means word-of-mouth on Freddy's return to the big screen was not too good (the Cinemascore rating from theatergoers could only manage a low C+), and it should fall in spectacular fashion when the summer movie season kicks off with the release of Iron Man 2 next weekend.
Regardless, Nightmare's weekend was good enough to make New Line happy - a 3D sequel is reportedly already in the works. Then again, a 3D sequel was also planned for the Friday the 13th remake, and now that's no longer happening.
Speaking of Iron Man 2, that film has already grossed $100.2 since it was released in 53 territories overseas last week.
How to Train Your Dragon continued to do well at the box office this weekend, claiming the #2 spot and adding another $10.8 million, bringing its domestic total to $192 million. Expect those grosses to drop a bit next weekend when Iron Man 2 takes over most of the IMAX screens (although it will still dominate the 3D screenings).
Are we noticing an Iron Man 2 pattern here? This weekend is like the calm before the storm...
The rest of the weekend's box office was fairly unremarkable. The moronic-looking Furry Vengeance flopped with just $6.5 million and just barely cracked the top 5. The Back-Up Plan held up somewhat well with $7.2 million, but still couldn't pass Date Night, which held on to the #3 spot and has now grossed a total $73.6 million domestically.
The Losers, which tanked on its opening weekend, continued to do so this weekend. It's total gross stands at just $18 million after 10 days of release. Sadly, Kick-Ass seems to be fading from the top ten as well, dropping 52% from last weekend and grossing only $4.4 million.
So now that the weekend is done...start cueing up the AC/DC soundtrack for next weekend, when the box office numbers should be exploding into the stratosphere with the release of Iron Man 2. And not a moment too soon.
Reader Comments (3)
They said the same thing about Friday the 13th when that came out, it was supposed to get a 3D sequel, but that never happened. As much as I want to see a sequel to nightmare, I'm not holding my breath for anything.
Yeah, I mentioned that in the article. I thought the F13 remake was awful. Haven't seen NOES yet, at this point I'll probably just Netflix it.
we're not getting a sequel, they lie