Weinstein Co.'s remake of the 1978 horror classic "Halloween" cut through the box office competition in North America to claim first place on the U.S. Labor Day weekend, according to final figures released Tuesday.
The film, directed by heavy metal rock star Rob Zombie, earned 30.6 million U.S. dollars over the four-day holiday weekend, Los Angeles-based box office tracker Media By Numbers said.
The coming-of-age comedy "Superbad" dropped to second place, grossing 15.9 million dollars from Friday through Monday, followed by the opening of "Balls of Fury" with 14.1 million dollars.
Espionage-action film "The Bourne Ultimatum" and Chinese martial arts star Jackie Chan's action caper "Rush Hour 3" managed to stay fourth and fifth respectively after several weeks on release, with 13.4 million and 10.8 million dollars respectively over the extended weekend.
The top-selling 12 movies generated a total of 121.3 million dollars, a record for the Labor Day weekend and a 23.9-percent increase over the 98.6 million dollars earned by the top dozen movies during the same period a year ago.
Hollywood is celebrating its biggest summer season in its history as the total box office in the U.S. and Canada has reached over the 4-billion-dollar mark for the four-month season ending on Labor Day.
The figure surpassed the previous summer record of 3.95 billion dollars set in 2004, and probably proved that the movie industry's 2005 box office woes were just anomaly and not the beginning of the end of the theatrical moviegoing experience, said a statement by Media By Numbers.
Source: Xinhua
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