A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise) released in 2010, and a second remake is planned. The original film, written and directed by Wes Craven and titled "A Nightmare on Elm Street", was released in 1984. The story focuses on Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) attacking Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) and her friends in their dreams, successfully killing all but Nancy, in fictional Springwood, Ohio. Krueger's back-story is revealed by Nancy's mother, Marge, who explains he was a child murderer. The parents of Springwood killed Krueger after he was acquitted on a technicality. Nancy defeats Freddy by pulling him from the dream world and stripping him of his
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film) first place for the weekend at the Russian box office with $3 million. Since its opening, the film has taken in approximately $52,332,285 in the overseas box office giving it a worldwide total gross of $115,407,296. The 2010 remake's opening weekend put it ahead of the box office grosses for "" ($29,999,213), "A Nightmare on Elm Street" ($25,504,513), "" ($22,168,359), and "Wes Craven's New Nightmare" ($18,090,181). When breaking the inflation-adjusted grosses down by per theater capita, the 1984 film averaged $16,585 per cinema compared to the remake's $9,874. Comparing the film to other Platinum Dunes remakes, "A Nightmare on Elm