Well Tim called it, "The Final Destination" was the number one movie of the weekend, pulling in $27 million. Apparently the extra dollars generated by 3-D screenings pushed it over the top.
Coming in second with $19 million and a 49 percent drop off was "Inglorious Basterds." Like most Tarantino films it seems to be splitting viewer reaction right down the middle.
In third was "Halloween II," who lost the battle with "Final Destination" and could only pull in $16 million. However, since it only had a $15 million budget everything it makes from now on will be profit. Plus movies like these tend to do very well on DVD.
Rounding out the top five were "District 9" which added $10 million to its $90 million total and "G.I. Joe" with $7.7 million. At a total of $132 million, "G.I. Joe" has still not even come close to its $175 million dollar budget, so while those numbers don't usually add up to failure, in this case they do.
This week's big releases are "All About Steve," a Sandra Bullock-Bradley Cooper romantic comedy, "Gamer," a Gerard Butler action movie and "Extract," the latest workplace comedy from Mike Judge starring Jason Bateman and Ben Affleck. With none of those generating a lot of buzz it's really anybody's guess at what will be next week's number one.
I'm thinking Bullock will win the weekend with wives and girlfriends making their men pay for three straight weeks of "District 9," "Inglorious Basterds" and "The Final Destination."
Coming in second with $19 million and a 49 percent drop off was "Inglorious Basterds." Like most Tarantino films it seems to be splitting viewer reaction right down the middle.
In third was "Halloween II," who lost the battle with "Final Destination" and could only pull in $16 million. However, since it only had a $15 million budget everything it makes from now on will be profit. Plus movies like these tend to do very well on DVD.
Rounding out the top five were "District 9" which added $10 million to its $90 million total and "G.I. Joe" with $7.7 million. At a total of $132 million, "G.I. Joe" has still not even come close to its $175 million dollar budget, so while those numbers don't usually add up to failure, in this case they do.
This week's big releases are "All About Steve," a Sandra Bullock-Bradley Cooper romantic comedy, "Gamer," a Gerard Butler action movie and "Extract," the latest workplace comedy from Mike Judge starring Jason Bateman and Ben Affleck. With none of those generating a lot of buzz it's really anybody's guess at what will be next week's number one.
I'm thinking Bullock will win the weekend with wives and girlfriends making their men pay for three straight weeks of "District 9," "Inglorious Basterds" and "The Final Destination."
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