End of August Steeple Chase

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Going into the final turn of summer, blood and mayhem hold sway at the box office.

1. The Final Destination 3-D (New Line/WB) NEW, Fri $10.9M, Estimated Wkd $26M

2. Halloween II (Weinstein Co) NEW, Fri $7M, Est Wkd $17.5M

3. Inglourious Basterds (Weinstein/Uni) WEEK 2, Fri $5.8M (-60%), Est Wkd $17.5M

4. District 9 (Sony) WEEK 3, Fri $3M, Est Wkd $10M

5. Julie & Julia (Sony) WEEK 4, Fri $2.1M, Est Wkd $7M

6. G.I. Joe (Paramount) WEEK 5, Fri $2.1M, Est Wkd $7M

7. Time Traveler's Wife (WB) WEEK 3, Fri $2.1M, Est Wkd $6.5M

8. Shorts (WB) WEEK 2, Fri $1.2M, Est Wkd $4M

9. Taking Woodstock (Focus) NEW, Fri $1.1M, Est Wkd $3.7M

10. G-Force (Disney) Week 6, Fri $710K, Est Wkd $2.5M

In the animation department, G-Force clings to the tenth position, with $109 million in the Disney ruck sack, while Ponyo closes in on $10 million at #15. (And will probably edge past the $11 million cume of Miyazaki 's previous top domestic grosser.)

Add On: Oh. Mein. Gott. Horror flicks rule.

Weekend's ticket sales were horrifyingly good, up as much as 38% over the same weekend a year ago. Summer 2009 is now tied with 2007 as the best summer ever at the domestic B.O., with revenues approximately matching last summer's total of $4.16 billion. And with Labor Day weekend yet to come, revenues will easily zoom pass that mark ...

The animated G-Force takes in $2.8 million at the weekend box office to run its total to $112 million. Go, guinea pigs, go!