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By its third weekend, Friday the 13th had left the top ten, earning $3,689,156—a 53.6% decrease from its second weekend. [44] By the end of its box office run, Friday the 13th earned an estimated $65 million at the United States box office, [45] but failed to regain a top ten spot after its third weekend. [46]
Friday the 13th is an American horror franchise that comprises twelve slasher films, a television series, novels, comic books, video games, and tie‑in merchandise.The franchise mainly focuses on the fictional character Jason Voorhees, who was thought to have drowned as a boy at Camp Crystal Lake due to the negligence of the camp staff.
The ending of Friday the 13th: A New Beginning leads up to this, although due to the negative reaction to that film, the idea was dropped. [46] The producers of the 2009 Friday the 13th reboot considered using the Tommy character, [47] but decided not to because they wanted to create their own mythology. [48]
Platinum Dunes’ slick, empty effort to breathe new life into the franchise marks a disappointing—but hopefully temporary—ending for Friday the 13th.
Friday the 13th is a 1980 American independent slasher film produced and directed by Sean S. Cunningham, written by Victor Miller, and starring Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Laurie Bartram, Mark Nelson, Jeannine Taylor, Robbi Morgan, and Kevin Bacon.
The unmasked Jason Voorhees from Jason Goes to Hell, as depicted in Friday the 13th: The Game. A three-issue comic adaptation of Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday written by Andy Mangels was published by Topps Comics. As the comics are based upon the original shooting script of the film, elements that were left out of the film are used in them.
Of the iconic "Friday the 13th" movie saga, "Part III" was the first to actually open on Friday the 13th (August 13, 1982), the first to experiment with 3D, and the first appearance of Jason's mask.
Set at a remote campsite, Friday the 13th tracks a group of camp counselors who come in contact with an urban legend. Spoiler alert: The villain wears a hockey mask and shows no mercy to the victims.