A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film) when he was not consulted on the project. Robert Englund, who portrayed Freddy in the previous eight films, voiced his support of the remake and the casting of Haley in the role of Freddy. "A Nightmare on Elm Street" was officially released in North America on April 30, 2010, and later released in foreign markets on May 8, 2010. The film was met with negative reviews from both film critics and audience members who scored the film a C+ in CinemaScore polls. Regardless, "A Nightmare on Elm Street" broke the record for midnight openings for a horror film and grossed
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