Final Destination Slays Box Office

Horror fans are having a bloody good weekend at the box office so far. The Final Destination successfully eluded death to land at No. 1 with $10.9 million on Friday, according to figures from Box Office Mojo, a total that should have the 3-D flick raking in upwards of $25-30 million for the weekend.





Halloween II sliced into $7.6 million for the day, enough for second place, albeit a softer opening number than director Rob Zombie’s original 2007 reboot of the Michael Myers slasher franchise.


Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds made $5.9 million for third, a 59 percent drop from its debut.



Another film opening wide this weekend, director Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock, had a disappointing opening day of $1.2 million in 1,393 theaters for ninth place.
1. The Final Destination — $10.9 million
2. Halloween II – $7.6 million
3. Inglourious Basterds — $5.9 million
4. District 9 — $3 million
5. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra — $2.3 million