“‘Final Destination’ tops weekend box office”

Per the Daily Variety:

Warner Bros. and New Line’s “The Final Destination” in 3-D was the destination of choice at the weekend box office, easily beating the Weinstein Co.’s “Halloween II” in grossing $28.3 million from 3,121 runs on the strength of the upcharge for a 3-D ticket.

And among the holdovers:

“Basterds” fell 47% to an estimated $20 million from 3,165 runs for a domestic cume of $73.8 million. Overseas, the film grossed an estimated $19.4 million from 2,891 runs in 31 territories for a foreign total of $59.1 million. Worldwide tally is a boffo $132.9 million.

$133M. Those are eye-popping numbers for a 153-minute, R-rated period piece.

And District 9 keeps chugging along with an estimated $10M this weekend and a projected worldwide B.O. total of $97M.

As for me? I accompanied Luke to see Shorts, the newest kids offering from writer-director-producer-cinematographer-editor-composer Robert Rodriguez. Plus four of his kids — Rebel, Racer, Rocket, and baby Bianca — played roles in the movie.

Luke, who is 9 years old, enjoyed the movie and its laden with CGI “be careful what you wish for” set pieces. From my standpoint, it’s interesting for two reasons. First, Rodriguez used a non-linear approach to the narrative, jumping through 4 ‘shorts’ (hence the movie’s title) told out of sequence. Second, the adult cast includes William H. Macy, James Spader, Jon Cryer, and Leslie Mann. Some surprising names there, especially Macy and Spader. 

However Shorts has accumulated an underwhelming $12M in 8 days of release.

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