8 hours ago | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »
Columbia TriStar's remake of Evil Dead was propelled by a wave of positive reviews and promises of excessive gore to a strong opening day at the North American box office. Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park 3D also opening strong in second place, while last weekend's champ G.I. Joe: Retaliation slipped to third.
Evil Dead bowed at 3,025 locations to the tune of $11.9 million during its first 24 hours of release. With a production budget estimated at only $17 million, the remake of Sam Raimi's classic with Raimi and Bruce Campbell serving as producers will easily top $20 million through Sunday, which also happens to be more than the previous three Evil Dead films made at the box office combined during their theatrical runs. Somewhere between $25 and $30 million seems a safe bet for Evil Dead's opening weekend.
Read our Evil Dead review.
Jurassic Park 3D drummed up $7 in million in business on »
Similar News Items
Steven Spielberg- Jj Abrams: the man who boldly goes… | profile (From The Guardian - TV News. 6 April 2013, 4:13 PM, PDT)
- Jj Abrams: the man who boldly goes… | profile (From The Guardian - Film News. 6 April 2013, 4:13 PM, PDT)
- Matt Damon: man of the people (From The Guardian - Film News. 6 April 2013, 4:05 PM, PDT)
Sam Raimi
- 'Evil Dead' scares up big Friday box office numbers (From Pop2it. 6 April 2013, 10:43 AM, PDT)
- Box office: 'Evil Dead' remake scares up $11.9 million on Friday (From Hitfix. 6 April 2013, 10:25 AM, PDT)
- The Evil Dead Remake Was Insanely Awesome! (From GeekTyrant. 6 April 2013, 10:00 AM, PDT)
The Evil Dead (1981)
- 'Evil Dead' Leads Friday Pack, 'Jurassic Park 3D' Stomps in Second (From Thompson on Hollywood. 6 April 2013, 1:09 PM, PDT)
- Evil Dead: 5 Ways the Horror Flick Is a Shock to the System (From E! Online. 6 April 2013, 12:30 PM, PDT)
- 'Evil Dead' Spooks Up A Lead (From Huffington Post. 6 April 2013, 10:59 AM, PDT)
company.