https://www.rebelmouse.com - The movies performance is not a superlative just for the slasher genre but for the films director as well. James Wan also directed the other big horror hit of the year The Conjuring which brought in an eerily similar 41.8 million during its opening run in July. (We should also note that actor Patrick Wilson starred in both films.) As BoxOfficeMojo.com notes This is only the second time ever that a director has had two movies open over 40 million in the same year the Wachowski siblings did it in 2003 with The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions.Unlike the Wachowskis though who have failed to recapture the box office magic of the Keanu era Wans immediate future looks promising He is currently directing the seventh installment in the wildly successful Fast and the Furious franchise (which Vin Diesel has already started teasing on his Facebook.