3. A Nightmare On Elm Street
The decade started with the Friday the 13th movie, and the slasher movie formula became very popular. A Nightmare on Elm Street not only intoduced the world to a slasher who was witty and not just a lumbering hulk, but it also gave us Johnny Depp's film premiere. Freddy would go on to star in 5 sequels, and there was even a reboot. What did this Wes Craven classic scare up at the box office? A paltry $25.5 million (worth $57.8 million today), which was less than the money made by either The Elephant Man, Baby Boom, or Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol. The bad dream for Freddie continues. The current movie that made about as much was the forgettable film The Lincoln Lawyer.