Friday the 13th's Record Weekend

Box Office

Updated Apr. 25, 2017 4:11PM EDT / Published Feb. 16, 2009 1:52AM EST

How did Americans spend Valentine’s Day weekend? Apparently pretending it was Halloween: According to Screen Daily, Marcus Nispel’s remake of Friday the 13th had the biggest opening this weekend in the history of the horror genre. It grossed $42.2 million, breaking The Grudge’s previous record of $39.1 million. The box office, in general, is booming, running 22 percent ahead of what it had earned at this time last year.

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