User blog:Ceauntay/Box Office Report: 'A Nightmare on Elm Street 2' Scares Up Record Breaking $21.5 Million on Friday, Heading for $50.4 Million Weekend

="Friday the 13th's" record may be broken by Sunday night, "Pain & Gain" soars while "The Big Wedding" falls flat."=

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 pulls in a massive $21.5 million on Friday, setting a new record as the best single day gross for a horror flick, beating Friday the 13th, which made $19.2 million on its opening day in 2009.

Box Office observes now believes that the horror sequel will now be on track to crack the $50 million mark with $50.4 million, nearly $10 million more than Friday the 13th ($40.5 million) in 2009. It will also out perform the first film A Nightmare on Elm Street ($32.9 million) in 2010.

With Jackie Earle Haley and Rooney Mara returning, the film will be focusing on new kids such as Kathryn Newton, Harry Styles and Sean Kingston. Both Styles and Kingston makes their acting debut.

Afterwards, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 also stars Tea Leoni and Julie Andrews. It scored a B+ CinemaScore, better than the first film which scored C-.

The third installment entitling A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 is already being greenlighted with Newton, Styles and Kingston all expecting to return. Bella Thorne and Ross Lynch will be starring. The film is set to release on August 15, 2014.

Coming ahead in second was Paramount's Pain & Gain with $7.5 million, for $20.5 million over the weekend, a decent opening for a $26 million film. It scored a C+ CinemaScore.

Pain & Gain stars Dwayne Johnson, Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Mackie, Ed Harris, Tony Shalhoub, Rob Corddry, Rebel Wilson and Bar Paly'. The screenplay was written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, based on the Miami New Times article of the same name by Pete Collins. The film is produced by Donald De Line, Bay and Ian Bryce.

Despite its star-studded cast, Big Wedding placed No. 5 with a sobering $2.6 million for a disappointing $8 million weekend.

Lionsgate heavily targeted females over the age of 25 in promoting Big Wedding, which follows the travails of a modern family trying to endure a weekend wedding celebration. It cost just north of $30 million to produce and was directed by Justin Zackham.

Universal's Oblivion, which opened to a better-than-expected $37.1 million last weekend, came in No. 3 on Friday with $5.2 million. The Tom Cruise starrer is anticipating a $16.8 million weekend, pushing its domestic cume to $64 million.