The summer went out with a whimper as the three new wide releases failed to beat out The Final Destination [FDES4] for first place. The horror sequel admitted $15.4 million in its second session over the 4-day holiday weekend to narrowly held off Inglourious Basterds [BSTRD], which earned $15 million in its third weekend of release.
All About Steve [ABSTV] fared best amongst the weekend’s new arrivals. Despite some of the worst reviews of the year, the anti-romantic comedy staked $14 million over the Labor Day weekend on the starpower of Sandra Bullock [SBULL] and Bradley Cooper [BCOOP].
Expected by many to win the weekend, Gamer [CGAME] scored just $11.2 million to finish fourth overall. Gerard Butler [GBUTL] starred in the R-rated actioner from Lionsgate.
The Mike Judge [MJUDG] directed comedy Extract [EXTRC] squeezed out $5.5 million to debut at the ninth spot.
| TITLE | F-S-S-M | TOTAL | |
| 1 | THE FINAL DESTINATION | $15,445,000 | $50,576,000 |
| 2 | INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS | $15,030,523 | $95,226,130 |
| 3 | ALL ABOUT STEVE | $14,000,000 | $14,000,000 |
| 4 | GAMER | $11,200,000 | $11,200,000 |
| 5 | DISTRICT 9 | $9,000,000 | $103,000,000 |
| 6 | HALLOWEEN 2 | $7,073,884 | $27,129,775 |
| 7 | JULIE AND JULIA | $7,000,000 | $80,500,000 |
| 8 | G.I. JOE | $6,700,000 | $141,015,000 |
| 9 | EXTRACT | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 |
| 10 | THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE | $5,455,000 | $55,797,000 |
Tag(s): FDES4, BSTRD, ABSTV, SBULL, BCOOP, CGAME, GBUTL, MJUDG, EXTRC