“Friday the 13th” the remake delivered enough screams to top US Box-office last Valentine weekend with $42.2 million.The slasher flick which is the reboot of the 1980 horror classic registered a record for the horror genre last Valentine’s Day weekend.
The Warner Bros. horror movie surpassed the $39.1 million debut for 2004’s “The Grudge,” the Hollywood adaptation of the Japanese horror movie. Accounting for today’s higher admission prices, however, “The Grudge” sold slightly more tickets.
“Friday the 13th” (2009) updates the grisly story of killer Jason Voorhees and his rampage among teens at a secluded summer camp.
Plot: Young friends Whitney (Amanda Righetti), Mike (Nick Mennell), Richie (Ben Feldman), Amanda (America Olivio), and Wade (Jonathan Sadowski) end up missing in the woods near the abandoned Camp Crystal Lake (made famous by the original 1980 film), after allowing their curiosity to get the better of them and visiting the site where a psychopathic killer resides. Six weeks later, Trent (Travis Van Winkle) invites friends Jenna (Danielle Panabaker), Bree (Julianna Guill), Chewie (Aaron Yoo), Chelsea (Willa Ford), Lawrence (Arlen Escarpta), and Nolan (Ryan Hansen) to his father's cabin on Crystal Lake for a weekend of sex, booze, pot smoking, and water skiing. However their seemingly fun weekend soon escalates into a nightmare after lone traveler Clay (Jared Padalecki) shows up looking for his missing sister Whitney. The police have searched with no luck, and Clay is now searching alone. Local citizens have advised Clay not to go into those woods, because anyone who shows up missing is already dead, and he is wasting his time. During his search, one of the students, Jenna, decides to help Clay find his sister, and they go into the woods. They find the abandoned Camp Crystal Lake and search the dilapidated camp house for any signs of his sister. They soon find themselves face to hockey-mask with evil reborn, reimagined, and rebooted, and his name is Jason Vorhees (Derek Mears).
North American Box-office Top 10
(February 13 to 15, 2009)
1. “Friday the 13th,” $42.2 million
2. “He’s Just Not That Into You,” $19.6 million
3. “Taken,” $19.3 million
4. “Confessions of a Shopaholic,” $15.4 million
5. “Coraline,” $15.3 million
6. “Paul Blart: Mall Cop,” $11.7 million
7. “The International,” $10 million
8. “The Pink Panther 2,” $9 million
9. “Slumdog Millionaire,” $7.2 million
10. “Push,” $6.9 million
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