Box office bonanza

Cunningham’s remarkably unassuming decision paid off with one of the top 20 grossing films of its year ( in the summer of 1980, Friday The 13th ran second only to The Empire Strikes Back for a few weeks). Shot for just over $ 500,000 in a ( still functioning) Boy Scout site in New Jersey called Camp No- Be- Bo- Sco, the film also gave future