Wow. This was a surprise return on the box office numbers this weekend. “Prom Night” the slasher remake tore apart the other new movies with a $10 million lead over Keanu Reeve’s “Street Kings”. “Prom” had been intended to come out as an R rated movie, but after the backlash of failures with other torture porn flicks this was downgraded to PG-13. Perhaps we’re looking at a reemergence of the “I Know What You Did” style movies with this film’s success. They definitely need something new to try with that genre these days.

Box office domestic earnings for movies this weekend, April 11 - 13, 2008:

1. “Prom Night (2008)” $22.7 million [$22.7M total]
2. “Street Kings” $12.0 million [$12.0M total]
3. “21″ $11.0 million [$62.2M total]
4. “Nim’s Island” $9.0 million [$25.2M total]
5. “Leatherheads” $6.2 million [$21.9M total]
6. “Horton Hears a Who!” $6.0 million [$139.6M total]
7. “Smart People” $4.2 million [$4.2M total]
8. “The Ruins” $3.2 million [$13.4M total]
9. “Superhero Movie” $3.1 million [$21.2M total]
10. “Drillbit Taylor” $2.0 million [$28.4M total]