Pamela McClintock of Variety
Sony and Screen Gems' remake "Prom Night" terrorized the competish at the weekend box office, grossing an estimated $23 million from 2,700 theaters and scoring one of the best bows for a horror pic in recent months.
"Prom" is the highest bow since Lionsgate's "Saw IV," which opened to $31.7 million last October.
Fox Searchlight and New Regency took the No. 2 spot at the B.O. with Keanu Reeves-Forest Whitaker cop actioner "Street Kings," which grossed an estimated $12 million in its debut from 2,467 runs, according to Rentrak. Pic, distributed by 20th Century Fox for Searchlight, was directed by David Ayer and co-written by James Ellroy.
Miramax's Sundance buy "Smart People"--the weekend's other new wide release--only placed No. 7, grossing an estimated $4.2 million from 1,106 runs. Dramedy's cast includes Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker and Ellen Page.
Among holdovers, Sony's gambling drama "21" played another strong hand in its third frame, coming in No. 3. Pic declined a slim 28% to an estimated $11 million from 2,736 runs for a cume of $62.3 million.
Both in their second weekends, Fox-Walden's adventure fantasy "Nim's Island" continued to outplay Universal's period screwball laffer "Leatherheads."
"Nim's" declined only 32% to an estimated $9 million from 3,518 runs to place No. 4 for the weekend. Cume is $25.3 million.
"Leatherheads," directed by and starring George Clooney, fell 51% to an estimated $6.2 million from 2,771 runs for a cume of $21.9 million. Film came in No. 5.
On the specialty side, Overture's "The Visitor" nabbed the highest per screen average of the weekend at $22,000. Pic grossed an estimated $88,000 from four locations in New York and Los Angeles.
Fox Searchlight's feel-good docu "Young @ Heart" posted the second highest location per average of the frame. Film grossed an estimated $52,312 from four locations for a per screen average of $13,078. Pic's five day cume is $63,606.
Nothing, however, could stop the box office from continuing to slide. Weekend was down a hefty 19.6% from the same frame last year, according to Media by Numbers...
Joshua Rich of EW:
As overall receipts slid further into a slump, the horror remake scared up a decisive weekend win...
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That's OK-I'll stick with the 1980 original thank you very much.
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