Comment on Saturday Box Office Preview: 'Texas Chainsaw' Opens at Number One, Followed by 'Django' and Expanding 'Zero Dark Thirty'

Tom Brueggemann, Thompson On Hollywood
Sat, 01/05/2013 - 12:16pm

Saturday Box Office Preview: 'Texas Chainsaw' Opens at Number One, Followed by 'Django' and Expanding 'Zero Dark Thirty'

Younger moviegoers eagerly greeted Lionsgate's "Texas Chainsaw" (3D and 2D), the first new horror release since Halloween with a $10 million-plus Friday gross, much bigger than expected and heading to a likely #1 spot for the weekend. Although it has a $4 million edge on the day's #2 ("Django Unchained"), genre films like this tend to have their best day on Friday, so the final weekend lead could be challenged.

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