“Evil Dead,’ a grisly R-rated remake of Sam Raimi‘s 1981 cult classic, possessed the top spot at the U.S. box office this weekend with an estimated $26 million three-day haul.
Horror fans had for decades resisted the idea of a redo of Raimi’s seminal “The Evil Dead," seeing it as too gory, too rough-cut and too “indie” to benefit from the “Hollywood” treatment. But they turned out in droves and lifted the remake past last week’s No. 1 film, “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” and “The Croods,” both of which were in the $21 million range.
The weekend’s other wide opener was another blast from the past, a 3D re-release of Steven Spielberg‘s “Jurassic Park,” and it finished fourth with $18.2