The Grudge 2 haunts the US box office

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But studio estimates show a significant drop from the original’s opening

Looks like the powerful head of steam that the Asian horror remake genre built up around the time of The Ring has really started to run out. The latest proof: horror sequel The Grudge 2 might have won the weekend and given Sony yet another number one opening, but that $22 million estimated total isn’t much of a success compared to the $39 million scored by the first movie two years ago.

Much healthier was the box office juggernaut that is Martin Scorsese’s The Departed. The crime thriller nabbed $18.7 million in its second weekend, a drop of just 30% from last week, and enough to give it $56.6 million so far. And third place went to Barry Levinson’s new political satire, Man Of The Year. Robin Williams wins the election to become US president, but the film could only secure $12.5 million in its first weekend. In fourth, the animated animals of Open Season dug in for another successful weekend, with the running total now at $59.1 million after three weeks, while sinking fast - that’s what awful word of mouth will do for you - is The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, which saw 58% of its earnings get sliced off this second weekend.

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