friday the 13th (2009 film) was filmed in texas.
friday the 13th (2009 film) was filmed in texas.
where was friday the 13th (2009 film) filmed?
texas
form and fuller recognized the iconic status of the music used in the first four "friday the 13th" films. for their 2009 film, they immediately had the studio attain the licensing rights to the music, which was composed and originally performed by harry manfredini. they did not plan to use the score in its entirety, but they used steve jablonsky to compose a score that was reminiscent of manfredini's and created the atmosphere for the 2009 film. nispel contacted jablonsky to score "friday the 13th" after having worked with him on the remake of "the texas chainsaw massacre". nispel told jablonsky he wanted him to create something that nispel could "whistle when [he] left the theater", but was subtle enough that it would not immediately register while watching the film. nispel said, "i don't believe that, when you watch a "friday the 13th" film, you want to feel like john williams is sitting next to you with the london symphony orchestra".
friday the 13th (2009 film)
on its opening day, "friday the 13th" grossed $19,293,446, and immediately exceeded the individual box office grosses for "" (1989), "" (1993), and "jason x" (2002), which earned $14,343,976, $15,935,068, and $13,121,555, respectively. from february 14–16, "friday the 13th" earned an additional $24,292,003, making its four-day president's day weekend total $43,585,449. by the end of its three-day opening weekend, it was already the second highest grossing film in the franchise, having earned $40,570,365, slightly exceeding "the grudge" (2004) for the best 3-day weekend opening of any horror film. when comparing the 2009 film's opening weekend to that of its 1980 counterpart in adjusted 2009 us dollars, the original "friday the 13th" film earned $17,251,975. although the 2009 film made more money, when factoring in the number of theaters each film was released in, the 1980 film earned an average of $15,683 per theater, compared to the 2009 film's average of $13,066.
friday the 13th (2009 film)