Pamela McClintock of Variety:
Warner Bros. and New Line's "The Final Destination" in 3-D was the destination of choice at the weekend box office, easily beating the Weinstein Co.'s "Halloween II" in grossing $28.3 million from 3,121 runs on the strength of the upcharge for a 3-D ticket.
"Halloween" grossed $17.4 million from 3,025 theaters to come in No. 3, behind "Destination" and the Weinstein Co.'s own "Inglourious Basterds," which held well and placed No. 2 in its second sesh.
Weekend's other new entry, Focus Features' "Taking Woodstock," proved a disappointment. Directed by Ang Lee, "Woodstock" grossed an estimated $3.7 million from 1,393 theaters. Film placed No. 9 for the sesh.
Among holdovers, "Basterds" fell 47% to an estimated $20 million from 3,165 runs for a domestic cume of $73.8 million. Overseas, the film grossed an estimated $19.4 million from 2,891 runs in 31 territories for a foreign total of $59.1 million. Worldwide tally is a boffo $132.9 million.
Adam B. Vary of EW:
For many, the creative relevance of 3-D cinema remains very much an open question....
Let's be real here... as pointed out Destination's got a higher tix price--and has as much to do with its win over H2 as anything else...The reviews for both pic were equally "scary". Still Chris Nashawaty of the same mag says: Rob Zombie is a talented director, but this weekend proves Michael Myers' day is done
Zombie's vision of the franchise might have been put out of its misery but I doubt that this is the last hurrah for the series...Michael's come back from the dead before...
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