Following the audience dividing reimagining there were two other films making their top ten debuts. First up is the number three finisher, Balls of Fury. The Dan Fogler comedy vehicle delivers some laughs, and works as a better spoof than films like Epic Movie and Date Movie. It finished the weekend with an estimated $11.3 million. Slipping down the list a bit you will find the Kevin Bacon revenge fantasy Death Sentence in eight place with an estimated $4.2 million. It delivered the bloody goods, but does not appear that it will be going anywhere at the box office. The James Wan directed flick will likely find its audience when it hits DVD.
The rest of the returning field all had strong holds for the holiday weekend, except for War which slipped more than 55%. Curious to note that one of the stars of War, Jason Statham, was the star of the previous Labor Day debut record holder, Transporter 2. At the other end of the spectrum is The Bourne Ultimatum continuing to display strong holds on the box office, slipping just 16% as its total gross will have crossed $200 million before the holiday is out. Also continuing to display a good hold at the box office is the musical Hairspray, hanging onto the top ten in its seventh week of release.
Next weekend will see the arrival of three new films entering wide and semi-wide release. One is the western 3:10 to Yuma which is receiving excellent early word, next is Shoot 'Em Up which promises some over-the-top bullet flying action, and the Will Arnett comedy The Brothers Solomon.
Three movies dropped off the top ten this week: Hairspray (11), The Simpsons Movie (12), and The Invasion (19).
Due to the holiday, final figures were not available at the time of this writing, these figures are the three day estimates.
| This Week | Last Week | Title | Wknd Gross | Overall | Week in release |
| 1 | N | Halloween | $26,503,000 | $26,503,000 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | Superbad | $12,200,000 | $89,035,000 | 3 |
| 3 | N | Balls of Fury | $11,605,000 | $14,566,000 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | The Bourne Ultimatum | $10,183,000 | $199,603,000 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | Rush Hour 3 | $8,560,000 | $120,416,000 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | Mr. Bean's Holiday | $5,930,000 | $18,930,000 | 2 |
| 7 | 6 | The Nanny Diaries | $5,108,000 | $15,259,000 | 2 |
| 8 | N | Death Sentence | $4,180,000 | $4,180,000 | 1 |
| 9 | 5 | WAR | $3,610,000 | $16,449,000 | 2 |
| 10 | 8 | Stardust | $3,008,000 | $31,017,000 | 4 |
Box Office Predictions Recap
A pretty poor week for predictions from yours truly. I was only able to get the top film placed correctly. Sure, I was close on a bunch of the others, but it is not the same. None of my predictions were terribly close this week. I even underestimated the take of Halloween, which easily took over the Labor Day record came in over $5 million higher than I was expecting. However, I bet that it will drop pretty quickly over the next couple of weeks.
Anyway, here is how I picked the field:
| Actual | Prediction | Title | Wknd Gross | Prediction |
| 1 | 1 | Halloween | $26,503,000 | $21 million |
| 3 | 2 | Balls of Fury | $11,605,000 | $14 million |
| 2 | 3 | Superbad | $12,200,000 | $10 million |
| 8 | 4 | Death Sentence | $4,180,000 | $8.5 million |
| 4 | 5 | The Bourne Ultimatum | $10,183,000 | $8 million |
| 5 | 6 | Rush Hour 3 | $8,560,000 | $6 million |
| 6 | 7 | Mr. Bean's Holiday | $5,930,000 | $4.5 million |
| 9 | 8 | War | $3,610,000 | $4 million |
| 7 | 9 | The Nanny Diaries | $5,108,000 | $3.5 million |
| 12 | 10 | The Simpsons Movie | $2,800,000 | $2.5 million |
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