LOS ANGELES (AP) — Freddy Krueger is raking in cash at the box office again, while Robert Downey Jr’s Iron Man 2 got off to a big start overseas.

A remake of the slasher flick A Nightmare on Elm Street led the weekend with a $32.2 million debut domestically, according to studio estimates Sunday. Released by the Warner Bros banner New Line, the movie features Jackie Earle Haley as Krueger, a psycho killer who stalks and slays victims in their dreams.

Paramount’s Iron Man 2 got an international head start on its domestic debut this Friday, pulling in $100.2 million in 53 foreign markets. While Hollywood blockbusters typically open around the same date in most countries, some get an overseas jump of a week or more on their US debuts.

Iron Man 2 brought in $12.2 million in Great Britain, $10.8 million in South Korea, $8.8 million in Australia and $8.2 million in France. According to Paramount, the sequel had bigger openings than 2008’s Iron Man in every market.

Iron Man 2 continues the story of Downey’s billionaire superhero, a genius who builds himself a metal suit loaded with gadgets. Mickey Rourke co-stars as a new enemy with his own high-tech arsenal.

Fright films typically drop steeply in their second weekends, since hardcore horror fans rush out to see them in the first few days. But A Nightmare on Elm Street already is headed toward a solid profit after an opening weekend that roughly matched its modest production budget of just over $30 million.

Given the history of slasher sagas — the original 1984 A Nightmare on Elm Street was followed by seven sequels — the franchise likely has a long life ahead of it.

“It’s certainly something we would entertain, the same with Friday the 13th,” another New Line horror series that was revived last year and has a sequel in the works, said Dan Fellman, head of distribution at Warner Bros.

A Nightmare on Elm Street was unable to match the fresh start of Friday the 13th, whose remake had a $40 million opening weekend in February 2009.

This weekend’s other new wide release, Brendan Fraser’s family comedy Furry Vengeance, bombed with just $6.5 million. The Summit Entertainment release stars Fraser as a housing developer assailed by the cute woodland creatures whose habitat is threatened by construction.

The previous weekend’s No 1 movie, DreamWorks Animation’s hit How to Train Your Dragon, slipped to second place with $10.8 million, raising its total to $192.4 million.

While A Nightmare on Elm Street opened well, overall business was modest, continuing a lull as theaters prepare for the summer season, Hollywood’s busiest time.

With Iron Man 2 new potential blockbusters will start arriving virtually every weekend through August. Downey’s Iron Man premiered domestically with a whopping $98.6 million weekend, ranking No 15 on the chart for best debuts.