User blog:Ceauntay/Box Office Report: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 Tops Weekend Box Office

Coming to a easy first place is horror sequel "A Nightmare on Elm Street 2" with a monster $50.6 million in it's opening weekend at the box office from 3,425 theaters. It muscles bigger than its first film "A Nightmare on Elm Street" ($32.9 million) and a bigger debut than the other horror film "Friday the 13th" ($40.5 million). With that, there is no question how much it will make in total before the film closes in theaters in a few months.

In second place was the debut of action comedy "Pain & Gain" to $20 million from 3,277 theaters. It's a decent opening for a Michael Bay film, but far cry from the debuts of the "Transformers franchise he directed. The film stars Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Mark Wahlberg.

In third place was previous week's winner "Obliviation" with $17.4 million, down 53 percent, for a total of a solid $64.7 million. The film stars Tom Cruise.

In it's third week was biologic "42" to $10.4 million, for a total of $69.1 million while entering its fourth week.

Debuting out of the top five is a big disappointment for "The Big Wedding" to $7.5 million. And those are the box office results, and check back next week for "Iron Man 3" hitting theaters.