Tuesday Morning Box Office Report: The Final Destination Kills Again

Posted by Sean on September 8th, 2009   Filed under: Box Office
Source: Box Office Mojo

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For the second weekend in a row, The Final Destination managed to ride 3-D ticket sales to a box office victory, outpacing every single one of the new releases for the Labour Day long weekend. Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds also did the same by taking the #2 spot in its third weekend, while the Sandra Bullock comedy All About Steve opened at #3 and Gamer debuted at #4. Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 rounded out the top 5. Mike Judge’s Extract, on the other hand, basically tanked… it earned just $4.3 million in its opening weekend, which was just barely good enough for the #9 spot. Granted, Office Space made just $4.2 million in its first weekend, but that was back in 1999, and this movie had a fair amount of big names in it. Was it poor marketing or just a boring concept that killed it?

1. The Final Destination — $12.3 million
2. Inglourious Basterds — $11.6 million
3. All About Steve — $11.2 million
4. Gamer — $9.1 million
5. District 9 — $7.1 million
6. Halloween II — $5.7 million
7. Julie & Julia — $5.3 million
8. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra — $5.1 million
9. Extract — $4.36 million
10. The Time Traveler’s Wife — $4.31 million

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Comments (6)

  1. Now I really have to see The Final Destination in 3D. Also feel better about not seeing District 9 on the big screen.

    Posted by Tony A.A. on September 8th, 2009

  2. I’m really surprised to see Extract did that poorly. The only reason I didn’t see it was because I hated Idiocracy that much I couldn’t bare to see another Mike Judge movie without reading reviews first.

    Posted by Chris on September 8th, 2009

  3. I think the problem with extract was marketing! The bevis and butthead advertising showed up LAST WEEK!!! I mean, this year has been the summer of the hangover, figure out a way to stand out from a crowed bunch of comedies in general this summer!

    Posted by Guy on September 8th, 2009

  4. It was really funny though!

    Posted by Guy on September 8th, 2009

  5. I am surprised it do so well at the box office, but I heard the special effects were great.

    Posted by Amy on September 8th, 2009

  6. Talk about going out with a whimper, what a lame weekend. Nice to see D9 hanging around. In terms of position it hasn’t dropped all that much. IB showing good legs as well.

    Posted by Maopheus on September 8th, 2009

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