Paranormal Activity 2 easily took first place at the box office, with rave reviews from critics. The sequel to the 2007 thriller brought in $43.5 million. According to Deadline, it is now the biggest opening for a horror movie.

Peter Travers of Rolling Stone said: "[If] you're looking for wicked fun this Halloween, Paranormal Activity 2 is the best goosebump game in town"

Jackass 3D is on second place with $21.5 million for the weekend and a gross of $87 million. Third place was Bruce Willis' latest film RED, with $15.2 million. Hollywood top hunk Matt Damon's Hereafter was fourth with $12 million, debuting last Friday.

The Social Network (The Facebook movie) is on fifth place witj $7.2 million take for a gross total of just under $73 million.

Interestingly, last week Cinemark, a theater company in Texas pulled Paranormal Actovity 2 trailer when movie goers complained about it being too scary.

Paramount representative said: "I actually went to a couple theaters last night, and a ton of girls jumped out of their seats and screamed." But apparently, moviegoers still braved the theaters to watch the full length feature, making it this week's top grosser.

Watch the trailer below and see for yourself if Paranormal Activity 2 will elicit screams from you: