'Friday the 13th' kills at box office
New Line remake nabs $19.3 million Friday
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The distribs' release of the horror reboot "Friday the 13th" scored a boffo $19.3 million from 3,105 theaters - the best domestic opening day ever for an R-rated horror-slasher pic.
Warner Bros./New Line also collected some more coin with last weekend's No. 1 holdover "He's Just Not That Into You." The romantic comedy took second place with $5 million, down 52%, from 3,175 for a running eight-day cume of $40.5 million.
"Friday the 13th" was produced by Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes label which was also behind New Line's 2003 redux of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre." Among the latest string of '70s-'80s horror franchise remakes, "Texas Chainsaw" remains the top grossing one with $80 million at the domestic B.O. Paramount, which handled the original 1980 release, is on board as a co-producer with the 2009 version and is distributing the pic overseas.
By the time final four-day holiday figures are counted on Monday, "Friday the 13th" could post an opening somewhere north of the mid $50 million range, potentially besting the frame's record holder, 2007's "Ghost Rider" which made $52 million. Previous first day champ for an R-rated horror slasher belonged to 2007's "Saw IV" which grossed $14.8 million.
Among theater averages yesterday, "Friday the 13th" also had one of the highest among all pics playing with $6,215.
In its third Friday, Fox's Liam Neeson thriller "Taken" topped the day's other two wide releases, Disney's "Confessions of a Shopaholic" and Sony's "The International," raking in $4.7 million, down 25% on 3,109 for a running B.O. of $63.4 million.
Disney's Jerry Bruckheimer production "Confessions of a Shopaholic" nabbed fourth with $4.4 million from 2,507.
Focus Features' family pic "Coraline" dipped 34% in its second Friday, earning $3 million from 2,320. Its eight day cume stands at $23.2 million.
Sony's Clive Owen-Naomi Watts thriller "The International" bowed in sixth with $2.6 million from 2,364. The studio's next title in the top 10, "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" continued to be the big man at the B.O. becoming the year's first $100 million grosser with $2.4 million in seventh place, down 13%, on 2,965.
