SHOW BIZ: Estimated Weekend Movie Box Office: August 28 - August 30, 2009

Estimated Weekend Movie Box Office
August 28 - August 30, 2009

Rank	Film	Distributor	# Of Screens	Estimated Weekend Box Office
1	The Final Destination	Warner Bros.	3,121	$28,335,000
2	Inglourious Basterds	The Weinstein Company	3,165	$20,041,000
3	Halloween II	The Weinstein Company	3,025	$17,405,000
4	District 9	Sony	3,180	$10,700,000
5	G.I. Joe	Paramount	3,467	$8,000,000

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1. "The Final Destination": On what should have been a fun-filled day at the races, Nick O'Bannon has a horrific premonition in which a bizarre sequence of events causes multiple race cars to crash, sending flaming debris into the stands, brutally killing his friends and causing the upper deck of the stands to collapse on him. When he comes out of this grisly nightmare Nick panics, persuading his girlfriend, Lori, and their friends, Janet and Hunt, to leave... escaping seconds before Nick's frightening vision becomes a terrible reality. Thinking they've cheated death, the group has a new lease on life, but unfortunately for Nick and Lori, it is only the beginning. As his premonitions continue and the crash survivors begin to die one-by-one--in increasingly gruesome ways--Nick must figure out how to cheat death once and for all before he, too, reaches his final destination. The Final Destination is a Warner Bros. (in U.S.)/Metropolitan Filmexport (in France) release of a New Line Cinema presentation of a Practical Pictures/Parallel Zide production. The film is produced by Craig Perry, Warren Zide, executive produced by Richard Brener, Walter Hamada, Sheila Hanahan Taylor, and co-produced by Art Schaefer. The film is directed by David R. Ellis. The Final Destination features a screenplay by Eric Bress and is based on characters created by Jeffrey Reddick. The film stars Bobby Campo, Shantel VanSanten, Nick Zano, Haley Webb, Mykelti Williamson, Krista Allen, Andrew Fiscella and Justin Welborn. The Final Destination opened in the US August 28, 2009.

2. "Inglourious Basterds": In German-occupied France, Shosanna Dreyfus witnesses the execution of her family at the hand of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa. Shosanna narrowly escapes and flees to Paris, where she forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a cinema. Elsewhere in Europe, Lieutenant Aldo Raine organizes a group of Jewish soldiers to engage in targeted acts of retribution. Known to their enemy as "The Basterds," Raine's squad joins German actress and undercover agent Bridget Von Hammersmark on a mission to take down the leaders of The Third Reich. Fates converge under a cinema marquee, where Shosanna is poised to carry out a revenge plan of her own. Inglourious Basterds is a Weinstein Co. (in U.S.)/Universal Pictures Intl. (foreign) release of A Band Apart (U.S.)/Zehnte Babelsberg (Germany) production. Produced by Lawrence Bender. Executive producers, Erica Steinberg, Lloyd Phillips, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein. Co-producers, Henning Molfenter, Carl L. Woebcken, Christoph Fisser. Inglourious Basterds is directed and written by Quentin Tarantino. The film stars Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, Mike Myers, Michael Fassbenderr, Diane Kruger, Daniel Bruhl, Til Schweiger, Melanie Laurent, B.J. Novak and Samm Levine. Inglourious Basterds opened in the US August 21, 2009.

3. Rob Zombie's H2 (HALLOWEEN) picks up at the exact moment that 2007's box-office smash, HALLOWEEN stopped and follows the aftermath of Michael Myers's (Tyler Mane) murderous rampage through the eyes of heroine Laurie Strode (Scout Taylor Compton). Evil has a new destiny. Michael Myers is back in this terrifying sequel to Rob Zombie's visionary re-imagining of Halloween. It is that time of year again, and Michael Myers has returned home to sleepy Haddonfield, Illinois to take care of some unfinished family business. Unleashing a trail of terror that only horror master Zombie can, Myers will stop at nothing to bring closure to the secrets of his twisted past. But the town's got an unlikely new hero, if they can only stay alive long enough to stop the unstoppable. Halloween II is a Dimension Films release of a Malek Akkad production. The film is produced by Akkad, Andy Gould & Rob Zombie, and executive produced by Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Matthew Stein and Andy La Marca. The film is directed and written by Rob Zombie. Halloween II stars Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Sheri Moon Zombie, Brad Dourif, Scout Taylor-Compton, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Howard Hesseman, Mary Birdsong, Chase Vanek, Margot Kidder, Al Yankovic and Angela Trimbur. Halloween II opened in the US August 28, 2009.

4. "District 9" depicts a fictional world where extraterrestrials have become refugees in South Africa. A Sony Pictures Entertainment (in North America) release of a Peter Jackson presentation in association with TriStar Pictures and Block/Hanson of a WingNut Films (New Zealand) production. District 9 is directed by Neill Blomkamp and features a screenplay by Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell. The film stars Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, David James, Vanessa Haywood, Mandla Gaduka, Kenneth Nkosi, Eugene Khumbanyiwa, Louis Minnaar, William Allen Young. District 9 opened in the US August 14, 2009.

5. "G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra" is an American live-action film adaptation of the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toy franchise. The film is directed by Stephen Sommers, produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and co-written by Stuart Beattie, based on a 1998 screenplay by John Paul Kay. G.I. Joe features an ensemble cast based on the various characters of the franchise. Filming took place in Downey, California and Prague's Barrandov Studios. The film was released on August 5th, 2009, in France and Belgium, August 6th in United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong, and August 7th in the United States and other English-speaking countries.

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