A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge is a 1985 American slasher film directed by Jack Sholder and the second installment in the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" film series. The screenplay was written by David Chaskin. It stars Mark Patton, Kim Myers, Robert Rusler and Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger. Patton plays Jesse Walsh, a teenager who, after moving into the home of Nancy Thompson, begins to have recurring nightmares of Freddy Krueger who is out to possess him in order to kill in the real world. It is the
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film) a projected opening weekend of $35 million. Included in the $15 million was the $1.6 million the film made from midnight showings on Thursday night from 1,000 theaters. As a result, "A Nightmare on Elm Street" broke the record for midnight openings for a horror film that was previously held by the "Friday the 13th" remake in 2009 that grossed $1 million. Ultimately, the film finished its opening with $32,902,299, placing first for the weekend ahead of "How to Train Your Dragon" (6th week in release), "Date Night" (4th week in release), "The Back-up Plan" (2nd week in release), and