Friday the 13th: The Cast talks about the difference in this Jason character

With $42.2 million, the biggest opening gross thus far in 2009, "Friday the 13th" easily won the record-breaking Presidents Day weekend box office race, beating out Valentine's Day favorites "Confessions of a Shopaholic" and "He's Just Not That Into You," as well as solid holdovers "Taken" and "Coraline." (All totals listed here are according to early three-day estimates from Media by Numbers; rough figures for the four-day holiday weekend will be out tomorrow.)


Horror flick "Friday the 13th" debuted with a $42.2 million take over Presidents Day weekend.

That $42.2 million sum is the top first-weekend figure for any movie in the nearly 30-year-old "Friday the 13th" series -- including the 2003 mashup, Freddy vs. Jason, which premiered with $36.4 million. In fact, the original "Friday the 13th" movie, from 1980, grossed just $39.7 million during its entire run, not adjusted for inflation.

In addition, this marks the best bow ever for a horror remake, besting "The Grudge's" $39.1 million debut gross. And it arrives despite a weak B- CinemaScore review from an audience that skewed male.

In other words, great as this first frame was for "Friday the 13th," expect a big drop next weekend.

Second place went to hearty holdover "He's Just Not That Into You," which banked an expected $19.6 million on a 29 percent drop.

"Taken" came next at No. 3, with $19.3 million in its third frame, a mere 6 percent decline from its previous outing. In three weeks, the out-of-nowhere Liam Neeson juggernaut thriller has grossed nearly $78 million.

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Audiences were just not that into freshman flick "Confessions of a Shopaholic" (No. 4), however. The Jerry Bruckheimer-produced farce opened with an okay $15.4 million and drew a similarly okay CinemaScore grade of B from a crowd that was 75 percent female.

"Coraline" rounded out the top five with $15.3 million, another teensy decline of just 9 percent from last weekend. "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" (No. 6) brought its five-week sum to $110.5 million, making it the first-ever non-sequel January release to hit the century mark.

And new movie "The International" (No. 7) stumbled with just $10 million -- and a poor CinemaScore grade of C+ from mostly older men.

Overall, it was the best Presidents Day weekend ever: The total gross of all movies playing during this frame was about $190 million, which trumps the previous benchmark of $157 million in 2007 (and is up more than 38 percent from last year). No doubt, Washington and Lincoln would be proud.

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[bigb69ti]

LOVED THIS MOVIE..IT WAS GREAT

[hisehise98]

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[TooNsProductionz]

0:56 scared the shit outta me!!!!

[TheIronBoy123]

@TrevRunzSolo Yes she is she's also on Disney movies as well

[LegoNationAnimations]

@iheartslashers cus jason is a slow killer like freddy

[KHWendy28]

I so love this movie and i love jared in this movie he was great and to go up and fight jason is badass and awesome. I love to see him in more movies one day.

[iheartslashers]

Dude. Jason should have just run into that cabin and killed all of them. It's not like they could do anything to stop him, and he can't get hurt, so what's with the waiting? Let's get to slashing!

[kris12384]

i never understood why they never closed down camp Crystal lake after like the second or third movie cuz like so many people died :P

[theAngryscotman]

this movie, like most of the remakes, wasn't as good as the original but i think it's the best remake of one of the old slasher movies. i liked it for what it was.

[majtymicke]

Would have been better without Padalecki. Unknown actors or actors that dont have anything with horror would have been better.