Friday the 13th Slashes Into Theaters with $45.2M

The ComingSoon.net Box Office Report has been updated with studio estimates for the weekend.

Jason Voorhees returned to theaters in a big way, as New Line/Warner Bros.' Friday the 13th earned an estimated $45.2 million over the four-day President's Day holiday weekend. Made for just $19 million, the Marcus Nispel-directed re-imagining averaged $14,560 in 3,105 theaters. If the estimate holds, the horror film squeezed by Daredevil ($45.03 million) and 50 First Dates ($45.1 million) to become the second-biggest President's Day opener ever, trailing just Ghost Rider ($52 million). Starring Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker, Aaron Yoo, Amanda Righetti, Travis Van Winkle and Derek Mears, the debut marks the biggest ever debut for a horror film and in just four days, it has also become the second-best earner in the "Friday the 13th" franchise, topped only by Freddy vs. Jason ($82.6 million).

The next three spots were occupied by pics that enjoyed superb holding power from last weekend. New Line/Warner Bros.' He's Just Not That Into You added $23.4 million in second place to bring its two-week total to $58.8 million. In third, 20th Century Fox's Taken earned another $22.2 million in its third weekend for a total of $80.9 million. And Focus Features' Coraline received an additional $19.1 million in ticket sales for a two-week total of $39.3 million.

Touchstone Pictures' new comedy Confessions of a Shopaholic, starring Isla Fisher, rounded out the top five with $17.3 million from 2,507 theaters for an average of $6,902 per location.

Columbia Pictures' Paul Blart: Mall Cop continued to do well in sixth with another $13.9 million, allowing it to cross the $100 million mark and bringing it to $112.7 million after five weeks. Not bad for a comedy that cost $26 million to make. Columbia's The Pink Panther 2 earned $10.8 million in its second weekend in seventh for a total of $24.1 million.

The same studio's new thriller The International, starring Clive Owen and Naomi Watts, opened in the eighth spot with $10.7 million from 2,364 theaters. Produced for $50 million, the Tom Tykwer- directed film averaged $4,526 per site.

Danny Boyle's award-winning Slumdog Millionaire collected another $8.7 million in 1,634 theaters and has made $88.1 million after 14 weeks of release.

Also, Warner Bros.' IMAX pic Under the Sea 3D, narrated by Jim Carrey, earned $857,000 from 49 theaters, an average of $17,490, and Magnolia Pictures' Two Lovers, with Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow and Vinessa Shaw, earned $120,000 from seven theaters, an average of $17,143.