A Nightmare on Elm Street returning to the series in a cameo role. A Nightmare on Elm Street A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 American slasher film written and directed by Wes Craven, and produced by Robert Shaye. It stars Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Amanda Wyss, Jsu Garcia, Robert Englund, and Johnny Depp in his film debut. The plot focuses on four teenagers, living on one street in a fictitious town of Ohio, whose dreams are invaded by a burnt killer with a bladed glove. In the dreams, the teenagers are killed, but they also die in reality. The teenagers do
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