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: **
- How to Train Your Dragon:](How to Train Your Dragon (2010) - Movie | Moviefone) $15.4 million
- The Back-Up Plan:](The Back-Up Plan (2010) - Movie | Moviefone) $12.2 million
- Date Night:](Date Night (2010) - Movie | Moviefone) $10.4 million
- The Losers:](The Losers (2010) - Movie | Moviefone) $9.4 million
- 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