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DAILY DomEstIc gross Wed, Aug. 26, 2009WIDE (1000+)

tItLE WEEKEND LocAtIoNs AVg. totAL gross WKs DIst.

1 the final Destination $27,408,309 -- 3,121 -- $8,782 $27,408,309 1Warner Bros./ New Line

2 Inglourious basterds $19,303,653 -49% 3,165 0 $6,099 $73,022,841 2The Weinstein Company

3 halloween 2 $16,349,565 -- 3,025 -- $5,405 $16,349,565 1The Weinstein Company

4 District 9 $10,270,435 -44% 3,180 +130 $3,230 $90,383,712 3 Sony/ TriStar

5g.I. Joe: the rise of cobra

$7,715,572 -37% 3,467 -486 $2,225 $132,151,954 4 Paramount

6 Julie & Julia $7,035,675 -20% 2,503 +40 $2,811 $70,628,063 4Sony/ Colum-bia

7 the time traveler's Wife $6,452,270 -34% 2,961 -27 $2,179 $47,900,418 3Warner Bros./ New Line

8 shorts $4,511,345 -30% 3,105 0 $1,453 $13,206,697 2 Warner Bros.

9 taking Woodstock $3,457,760 -- 1,393 -- $2,482 $3,478,335 1 Focus

10 g-force $2,824,808 -31% 1,926 -635 $1,467 $111,780,350 6 Disney

11harry potter and the half-blood prince

$2,466,423 -29% 1,508 -428 $1,636 $294,258,075 7 Warner Bros.

12 the ugly truth $1,587,710 -43% 1,252 -719 $1,268 $85,747,932 6Sony/ Colum-bia

13 post grad $1,467,947 -45% 1,959 0 $749 $5,307,922 2 Fox Searchlight

14the goods: Live hard, sell hard

$1,188,109 -56% 1,426 -423 $833 $13,817,928 3Paramount Vantage

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tItLE WEEKEND LocAtIoNs AVE. totAL gross WKs DIst.

1 (500) Days of summer $2,008,956 -12% 909 -79 $2,210 $25,203,886 7 Fox Searchlight

2 ponyo $1,887,921 -22% 880 -47 $2,145 $11,033,256 3 Disney

3 the hangover $1,340,141 -9% 801 -47 $1,673 $270,237,753 13 Warner Bros.

4 the proposal $664,375 -16% 520 -122 $1,278 $160,154,402 11 Disney

5 up $649,188 392 +165 $1,656 $289,639,811 1 Disney

6transformers: revenge of the fallen

$575,531 -41% 622 -118 $925 $399,416,040 10Paramount/ DreamWorks

7Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

$536,601 -28% 432 -127 $1,242 $193,250,211 9 Fox

8 Aliens in the Attic $520,563 -31% 574 -256 $907 $22,987,502 5 Fox

9 orphan $380,744 -53% 482 -173 $790 $40,611,480 6 Warner Bros.

10 A perfect getaway $367,215 -66% 544 -778 $675 $15,001,695 4Universal/ Rogue

11 Adam $345,621 +39% 177 +82 $1,953 $1,360,487 5 Fox Searchlight

12 funny people $330,395 -64% 413 -519 $800 $51,324,370 5 Universal

13 the hurt Locker $280,290 -27% 306 -93 $916 $11,595,912 10 Summit

14 under the sea 3D $270,663 -8% 108 0 $2,506 $16,696,374 29Warner Bros./ IMAX

15 my sister's Keeper $258,215 326 +151 $792 $48,407,919 9Warner Bros./ New Line

16Night at the museum: battle of the smithsonian

$239,224 -29% 232 -34 $1,031 $176,461,908 15 Fox

17 star trek $182,482 -24% 218 -53 $837 $256,673,273 17 Paramount

18 public Enemies $164,930 -30% 264 -47 $625 $97,030,725 9 Universal

19 bandslam $118,806 -86% 207 $574 $4,935,870 3 Summit

PLATFORM (1 - 99)

tItLE WEEKEND LocAtIoNs AVE. totAL gross WKs DIst.

1 the september Issue $220,416 -- 6 -- $220,416 1 Roadside

2 De pere en flic $200,005 -22% 68 0 $2,941 $9,813,606 8 Alliance

3 In the Loop $149,041 -24% 84 -6 $1,774 $1,779,340 6 IFC Films

4 It might get Loud $123,905 30 +23 $4,130 $354,350 3Sony Pictures Classics

5 paper heart $110,440 -13% 96 +18 $1,150 $938,153 4 Overture

6 cold souls $97,200 -19% 40 -13 $2,430 $475,615 4IDP/ Samuel Goldwyn

7 Les Doigts croches $83,881 -23% 41 -10 $2,046 $1,567,301 5 Alliance

8 Kaminey $81,526 -63% 63 -19 $1,294 $1,204,464 3UTV Communi-cations

9 my one and only $79,652 +36% 10 +6 $7,965 $165,641 2 Freestyle

10 play the game $78,804 -- 54 -- $1,459 $456,536 27 Slowhand

11 food, Inc. $66,774 -21% 72 -18 $927 $4,098,279 12 Magnolia

12 Yoo-hoo, mrs. goldberg $54,689 +18% 23 0 $2,378 $641,811 8International Film Circuit

13 the cove $45,703 -14% 25 -7 $1,828 $619,467 5 Roadside

14 moon $42,268 -24% 49 -22 $863 $4,652,960 12Sony Pictures Classics

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‘the final Destination’ Easily trumps ‘halloween 2’Phil ContrinoSunday, August 30

The Final Destination was able to defeat Hal-loween 2 in the battle of the horror films this weekend by raking in an impressive estimated $28.3 million, which marks the strongest open-ing weekend of the series. H2 started off its theatrical run with a modest $17.4 million.

A fifth installment in the Final Destination series is now likely. Plus, the success of TFD shows that there is a genuine market for 3D horror films, since the opening improved upon My Bloody Valentine 3D’s debut haul of $21.2 million in January.

TFD played on approximately 1,700 screens and those screens accounted for 70% of its total gross.

Considering that H2 boasted a reported pro-duction budget of only $18 million it will be a profitable film, and more sequels are still likely.

Inglourious Basterds dropped 47% during its sophomore frame and its total domestic haul has now crossed the $70 million mark. Quen-tin Tarantino’s World War II flick is showing respectable staying power and hitting the $100 million plateau is a very real possibility.

Taking Woodstock failed to make much of a dent this weekend. The Ang Lee flick landed in 9th place this weekend with a slightly under-whelming haul of $3.7 million.

Opening at six locations in New York, The Sep-tember Issue posted an impressive location av-erage of $40,013 for a debut haul of $240,078. The Vogue/Anna Wintour doc should do solid business as it expands across the country.

Overall box office receipts equal around $132 million this weekend, and that puts it a stagger-ing 34.4 percent ahead of the three-day gross during the same weekend last year, which was Labor Day Weekend. 2009’s total domestic haul is now 7.6 percent above 2008’s at the exact same point in the year.

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