Box office report: 'Evil Dead' brings life to industry with $26 million debut

Box office report: 'Evil Dead' brings life to industry with $26 million debut

The Evil Dead remake (out Apr. 5) promised to bring back the original's terrifying premise and inject it with the all-out gore that we're used to seeing these days. The reviews for the film are in, and while some critics totally loved the bloodbath

Dinos or demons, what's it going to be? Two highly-anticipated films hit theaters today: the remastered, 3D-ified classic "Jurassic Park" and the horror reboot "Evil Dead," based on the 1981 cult hit.

LOS ANGELES â€" Resurrected demons and resurrected dinosaurs are helping to put some life back into the weekend box office. The demonic horror remake "Evil Dead" debuted at No. 1 with $26 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. In a tight fight

It is estimated that Evil Dead will debut this weekend at the box office in the number one spot with $27 million, according to Deadline. That's great news for the studio, considering the horror flick only cost $17 million to produce.

According to THR, the remake of Sam Raimi's 1981 cult horror story fared better than most scary flicks. Coming in at number two for the second week in a row was the animated film The Croods, voiced by Ryan Reynolds and Emma Stone, earning $21.1