Hopefully this will encourage more studios to invest in (relatively) lower-budget scary movies! Considering the cost of the movie, Mama kicked some some ass in the box office (and the late showing we attended tonight was pretty lively, though I was, unintentionally, the loudest screamer).

Box office update: ‘Mama’ scares up $10 million on Friday; Arnold Schwarznegger’s latest D.O.A. | Inside Movies | EW.com.