Weekend Box Office Results – Final Destination Wins Again
September 9th, 2009Categories: Box Office Results, Paul S. White
According to the receipts, theaters did brisk business over the Labor Day weekend, though no one single picture dominated the theaters for the weekend. Deathly sequel Final Destination 4 repeated at the Number 1 slot brining in a Friday through Sunday total of $12.3 million. Sci Fi action/adventure flick Gamer debuted with $9 million, only managing to make it as high as Number 4. Not very good numbers for an opening weekend and with the Box office starting to slack off with the end of Summer, this one will have a hard time making much more of an impression. District 9 came in just after Gamer and took the Number 5 slot, while Halloween II slipped from the Number 3 slot it had last week to Number 6. G.I. Joe slid to the Number 8 slot and The Time Traveler’s Wife ended up at the Number 10 spot. Up continued its return to the Top 20 for a second week, though just barely, as it held on to the Number 20 slot.
Following are the results for all of the Science Fiction and Fantasy oriented movies in the Top 20 for the weekend of September 4-6:
Title / Box Office Rank (Rank Prior Week) / Weekend (Total) Draw
1) The Final Destination – Prior Wk: 1, Draw (Total): $12.37 MM ($47.51 MM)
4) Gamer – Prior Wk: New, Draw (Total): $9.16 MM ($9.16 MM)
5) District 9 – Prior Wk: 4, Draw (Total): $7.08 MM ($101.35 MM)
6) Halloween II (2009) – Prior Wk: 3, Draw (Total): $5.75 MM ($25.8 MM)
8) G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra – Prior Wk: 5, Draw (Total): $5.18 MM ($139.49 MM)
10) The Time Traveler’s Wife – Prior Wk: 7, Draw (Total): $4.33 MM ($54.67 MM)
11) Shorts – Prior Wk: 8, Draw (Total): $2.73 MM ($17.16 MM)
12) G-Force – Prior Wk: 10, Draw (Total): $2. MM ($114.63 MM)
14) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – Prior Wk: 11, Draw (Total): $1.83 MM ($296.94 MM)
19) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – Prior Wk: 20, Draw (Total): $.8 MM ($400.43 MM)
20) Up – Prior Wk: 19, Draw (Total): $.73 MM ($290.63 MM)
Source: Box Office Mojo
Previous Results – Number 1 is the Final Destination
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