Trey Songz Leads “Texas Chainsaw 3D” to No. 1
Texas Chainsaw 3D slaughtered the box office last weekend with a big thanks in part to Trey Songz. The horror flick, which marks the first major film role for Trigga, opened at No. 1 with $23 million.
The remake of Tobe Hooper’s 1974 classic beat out the competition including Django Unchained ($20.1 million), The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ($17.5 million) and Les Misérables ($16.1 million).
According to exit polls, one in three moviegoers said Songz was the reason they went to see the movie.
“Nobody expected Texas Chainsaw to reach the top,” said Paul Dergarabedian of Hollywood.com (via USA Today). “And we were foolish not to. These horror movies do really well, and this is one of the biggest brands. Young moviegoers clearly wanted a scare to start the new year, [and] nothing says Happy New Year’s like a leather mask and a chain saw.”
Texas Chainsaw 3D cost around $20 million to produce and scored the second-highest opening of any Chainsaw film following 2003’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Are you going to check out Trey… I mean the movie?
By Sara Ergen – @ergense
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In what way did Trey ‘lead’ the movie to number one?
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@Mike R, by playin the lead?
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Mike R Reply:
January 8th, 2013 at 5:44 pm
@dakshh, He wasn’t the lead character
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Trey songs didnt lead shit. he barely had a big part. i seriously doubt anyone went to see this movie just because Trey was in it
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The movie was garbage though according to Rotten Tomatoes :L
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Mike R Reply:
January 8th, 2013 at 6:13 pm
@Luminous Story, Yeah it was pretty bad. The 3D effects were cool but the movie as a whole was corny and clichéd.
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LeatherFace!!!! That shud be a name of some1s mixtape or summin!! lol.
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