Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Halloween Comes Early for Zombie

America's love of Rob Zombie trumped its fatigue of the horror genre as Halloween surpassed all expectations on this Labor Day weekend with over $30 million for four days. Balls of Fury opened just below my prediction at about $14 million, as did Death Sentence with a shade above $5 million. The week-to-week decline for War was surprisingly high, while The Bourne Ultimatum actually saw an increase from the previous 3-day period. My other picks were all pretty close, which isn't bad when trying to go from a 3-day to a 4-day period, and put me in the top 50 for the weekly contest. Next week, Oscar® season begins as 3:10 to Yuma opens into a traditionally soft market.

Actual Grosses for the Weekend of August 31 thru September 3:
Rank Film Total
1 Halloween $30.6 million
2 Superbad $15.9 million
3 Balls of Fury $14.1 million
4 The Bourne Ultimatum $13.4 million
5 Rush Hour 3 $10.8 million
6 Mr. Bean's Holiday $7.9 million
7 The Nanny Diaries $6.6 million
8 Death Sentence $5.3 million
9 War $5.3 million
10 The Simpsons Movie $3.6 million

© TLA Entertainment Group

Halloween picture © Dimension / Weinstein / MGM

Box office figures © Box Office Mojo

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