1989 saw Jason leave Crystal Lake for the first time (well, second if you count the opening moments of
Friday the 13th Part 2). The machete wielding killer got reanimated (again), hopped a boat and had a killer cruise to Manhattan, where he ultimately met an end at the hands of a daily flush of NYC toxic waste. The film did not do all that well at the box office and Paramount ultimately sold the rights to New Line Cinema. It sat there for a few years until the character was resurrected in
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday. It was not well received and its box office take backed that up, it started off a distant second to
The Fugitive and fell from there. It ultimately took in a bit more than
Jason Takes Manhattan, but that does not mean much.
