This was the weekend battle between two horror movies. One was Rob Zombie’s “Halloween 2″ which is really confusing to anyone waking up from coma and swears that movie was just about to come out when the light pole fell on their head in 1981. On the other side of the battle was “The Final Destination,” a movie that was originally intended to be released on DVD. Throw 3-D into the mix, and you’ve got a winner. Non 3-D movies just aren’t enough for moviegoers anymore. They want more! They want to have someone literally jump out of the screen and punch them in their f***ing throat. We hope that happens.
1. “The Final Destination,” $28.3 million
The Warner Bros. sequel is the latest installment in the franchise about people stalked by death which is interesting because we didn’t even know Larry King was doing movies now. As we’ve seen, death can be a real douchebag in these types of films. “Final Destination” continued Hollywood’s streak of 3-D successes. The 3-D component accounted for 70 percent of the movie’s revenues. That proves that you can literally put crap on the big screen. Heck, make a big screen version of “2 Girls,1 Cup” and make it in 3-D. The movie will be number one even though it features number two.
2. “Inglourious Basterds,” $20 million
While everyone talked about “The Final Destination” and “Halloween 2″ battle, something even more sinister was still striking a chord with moviegoers: Nazi killers. We think that audiences finally got tired of watching Nazis win in previous movies, and this was a good way to to see Nazis get scalped. Germans haven’t been this punished since David Hasselhoff unleashed his music on them.
3. “Halloween II,” $17.4 million
Is it just us, or would a movie about Halloween do better around…mmm… let’s say Halloween? Why would you release this horror movie at the end of the summer when the humidity is scarier than any crazy killer? This was a disappointing third place finish for Rob Zombie’s “Halloween II” (even if the film has great bloopers). The Weinstein Company made a mistake going up against “Final Destination 3-D.” This sequel to the 2007 reboot of the Michael Meyers franchise won’t come close to its $26 million opening and surprising $58 million gross. Zombie won’t be back for “Halloween III” as he is directing his reboot of “The Blob.” The official title of the movie is “The Blob: The Rosie O’Donnell Story.”
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