Horror storms the box office

“The Final Destination” beat out Rob Zombie’s “Halloween II”, but last week’s number one “Inglourious Basterds” split the two finishing in second place.   Three movies held their ground the best losing less than the average: “Julie & Julia” (lost 16% of audience from last week)  “(500) Days of Summer” (lost just 9% from last week), and “The Hangover” (lost just 2%).
Overall, the final weekend of summer movie season was up, turning around a two week slide, but it was only a 3% improvement… still clocking in as one of the lowest earning weeks of summer.

 TOP MOVIES AT WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (estimated results):
1. “The Final Destination” – $28.33 million (1st week)

2. “Inglourious Basterds” – $20.04 million
(2nd week, was #1 last week, lost 47% of audience from last week)

3. “Halloween II” - $17.40 million (1st week)

4. “District 9″ - $10.70 million
(3rd week, was #2 last week, lost 41% from last week)

5. “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” – $8.00 million
(4th week, was #3 last week, lost 35% from last week)

6. “Julie & Julia” – $7.40 million
(4th week, was #5 last week, lost 16% from last week)

7. “The Time Traveler’s Wife” – $6.74 million
(3rd week, was #4 last week, lost 31% from last week)

8. “Shorts” – $4.87 million
(3rd week, was #6 last week, lost 24% from last week)

9. “Taking Woodstock” - $3.75 million (1st week)

10. ”G-Force” – $2.84 million
(6th week, was #7 last week, lost 31% from last week)

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11. “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” – $2.61 million ($294.07 million total)
(7th week, was #8 last week, lost 25% from last week)

12. “(500) Days of Summer” - $2.08 million
(7th week, was #13 last week, lost 9% from last week)

14. “The Ugly Truth” – $1.70 million
(6th week, was #9 last week, lost 39% from last week)

16. “The Hangover” - $1.45 million ($270.35 million total)
(13th week, was #14 last week, lost 2% from last week)

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“(500) Days of Summer” poster courtesy Fox Searchlight

Box Office numbers courtesy Box Office Mojo