What makes a franchise

According to metacritic, the highest grossing film in the Elm Street franchise is 'Freddy Vs. Jason' which is actually ranked as the worst film within the franchise. Freddy Vs. Jason grossed $104 million whereas the next ranking, the original Elm Street, grossed $91 million. Freddy Vs. Jason had the highest budget of the franchise (up until the 2010 remake of the original) and even still, it was only beaten by $2 million with 7 years difference between when the films were made. There must have been a lot of hype for the film as two franchises came together for a film with such a large budget and opening weekend


A Nightmare on Elm Street opening weekend box office takings :

Opening Weekend:

$1,271,000 (USA) (9 November 1984)

Freddy Vs Jason opening weekend box office takings:

$36,428,066 (USA) (17 August 2003)











"When comparing A Nightmare on Elm Street with the other top-grossing horror franchises—Child's Play, Friday the 13th, Halloween, the Hannibal Lecter series, Psycho, Saw, Scream, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre—and adjusting for the 2010 inflation,^[22] A Nightmare on Elm Street is the second highest grossing horror franchise, in the United States, at approximately $583.4 million.^[3] The series is topped by Friday the 13th at $671.5 million.^[23] Closely following A Nightmare on Elm Street is the Hannibal Lecter series with $579.4 million,^[24] then Halloween with $547.8 million,^[25] Saw with $404.5 million,^[26] Scream with $398.3 million,^[27] Psycho with $370.3 million,^[28] The Texas Chainsaw Massacre with $314.6 million,^[29] and the Child's Play film series rounding out the list with approximately $199.7 million.^{[30] " (metacritic)}