Final Destination kills off newcomers

The new, 3D installment in the Final Destination series performed well during a weak week at the box office. The thrill-kill series hauled in a relatively strong $12.4 million in its second week, just enough to secure the top spot at the box office and bringing its 10-day total to $47.5 million, finally in the black against its $40.0 million budget.

All About Steve made a meager first-week showing, hauling in only $11.2 million to secure second place at the box office; apparently, Sandra Bullock is only America’s Sweetheart with dark hair, as her blonde dye-job didn’t seem to draw curious moviegoers.

Inglorious Bastard ($10.8 million) finished a close third place, while newcomer Gamer ($9.0 million) was a distant fourth place. District 9 ($7.0 million) rounded out the top five, well ahead of a very weak second-week showing by Rob Zombie’s Halloween II remake ($5.6 million).

The new Mike Judge film, Extract, hailed as the spiritual successor to Office Space, finished a distant tenth place, hauling in only $4.1 million. However, that’s not out of character from Office Space, which performed poorly in the box office race, but hung around a long time and garnered most of its cult following on home video and DVD. Extract appears to be following to form, like a ping pong table, the business model set by Office Space.