`Friday the 13th’ nails No. 1 spot with $42.2M

“Friday the 13th” is feeling the luck this weekend. The remake of the 1980 slasher flick opened with $42.2 million, a record for the horror genre.
   
“Friday the 13th” updates the grisly story of killer Jason Voorhees and his rampage among youths at a secluded summer camp. The series has been one of the most-enduring horror franchises, spawning 10 sequels.
   
The movie bumped off the previous weekend’s top earner, “He’s Just Not That Into You,“ which fell to second place.
   
Among other new movies, “Confessions of a Shopaholic” landed in fourth place while Sony’s thriller “The International” is No. 7.
   
Academy Awards front-runner “Slumdog Millionaire” heads into Oscar weekend with sturdy box-office momentum. The Fox Searchlight release took in $7.2 million, raising its 14-week total to $86.5 million.