Box Office: A Furry Night on Elm Street

Last week’s new releases all did unimpressive numbers allowing How to Train Your Dragon to grab the top spot during its fifth week of release. Here’s the top five: **

  1. How to Train Your Dragon:](How to Train Your Dragon (2010) - Movie | Moviefone) $15.4 million
  2. The Back-Up Plan:](The Back-Up Plan (2010) - Movie | Moviefone) $12.2 million
  3. Date Night:](Date Night (2010) - Movie | Moviefone) $10.4 million
  4. The Losers:](The Losers (2010) - Movie | Moviefone) $9.4 million
  5. Kick-Ass:$9.3 million**

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Furry Vengeance](Furry Vengeance (2010) - Movie | Moviefone)
What’s It All About: Family comedy in which a real estate developer receives the titular comeuppance from a group of woodland creatures.
**Why It Might Do Well: **Who doesn’t enjoy the anthropomorphic shenanigans of movie animals?
Why It Might Not Do Well: Unfortunately the animals aren’t the problem. Brendan Fraser appears to be playing his standard befuddled lead in a family/action flick that we’ve seen how many times now?
Number of Theaters: 2,800
Prediction: $8 million

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A Nightmare on Elm Street](A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) - Movie | Moviefone)
What’s It All About: Remake of the classic 80s horror flick in which a dead child murderer attacks young people through their dreams.
Why It Might Do Well: Freddy Krueger has been scaring the crap out of folks for nearly three decades so he’s recognizable to a wide audience, and Jackie Earle Haley adds his own brand of creepy to the character.
Why It Might Not Do Well: Horror remakes are far from a sure bet.
Number of Theaters: 3,150
Prediction: $38 million

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