No one won. The film came across as A Nightmare on Elm Street movie that just happened to have Jason in it. That wouldn't be that bad as the main attraction of a NOES film is Freddy cracking one-liners and killing teenagers. However, in FVJ he didn't kill one god damned kid! The mainstream box office success of the film was all but guaranteed because of the "dream match-up" (pun totally intended) of Jason and Freddy but from a fan expectation stand point, it bombed. Look at it another way, if it were successful in any other way, they (New Line) would have green lit a sequel after its opening weekend. But they didn't. Even Rob Zombie's Halloween, which some have argued is the worst horror movie in recent memory got the sequel treatment. What does that say about Freddy vs Jason? I guess the real winners are all of the internet fans that said FVJ would suck, because they were totally right.
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