Saturday Box Office Update

Halloween II, The Final Destination, and Taking Woodstock are coming in exactly as I had expected this weekend. Money Metal Bets had a great post and some good reasoning on the box office this weekend, but I got the best of him on The Final Destination.

Looks like the competition from Rob Zombie's Halloween II was not enough to stop The Final Destination from raking in the cash with 3-D technology. Taking Woodstock came in as expected and Demetri Martin makes a respectable debut on the big screen. Nothing big, but his future is bright. Hopefully, he can get some bigger movies in the future.

From Nikki Finke's DHD,

FRIDAY PM/SATURDAY AM: Sources are giving me the following numbers for Friday:

1. The Final Destination 3-D (New Line/WB) NEW, Fri $11M, Estimated Wkd $26M

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

3. Inglourious Basterds (Weinstein/Uni) WEEK 2, Fri $6M (-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. Taking Woodstock (Focus) NEW, Fri $1.4M, Est Wkd $4M

From Box Office Guru's Twitter Account,

FRI BO: Final Destination $10M/$24-27M wknd, Halloween2 $7M/$16-18M, I Basterds $5.5M/$16-18M, D9 $3M/$9-10M, GI Joe $2M/$7-8M.

I expect the FINAL.DESTINATION.+$25.0M contract to expire at 100, The HALLOWEEN. 2.+$15.0M contract to expire at a 100, and the TAKING.WOODSTOCK.+$5.0M contract to expire at 0.

I have no idea what number the HALLOWEEN. 2.+$17.5M contract will expire at.