This weekend’s two horror movie openings, The Final Destination and Halloween II both fared relatively well. The Final Destination took first place with $28 million for the weekend, which comes largely from 3D sales. Halloween II was knocked down another peg by Inglorious Basterds and wound up in 3rd with $17 million. The only other movie to open last weekend was Taking Woodstock and it took a dismal 9th place with only $3.7 million. This is bad news for Focus studios who spent $30 million to produce the film. G.I. Joe and Julie & Julia continue to hold on after four weeks, undoubtedly do to the action packed fun of G.I. Joe and the magnificent talent of Meryl Streep. Shorts and G-Force are the last of the summer kids films to remain in the top ten, it seems the kids movies are laying down the gauntlet to the more mature movies as Fall comes around.
| TW | LW | Title (click to view) | Studio | Weekend Gross | % Change | Total Gross | Week # |
| 1 | N | The Final Destination | WB (NL) | $27,408,309 | – | $27,408,309 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | Inglourious Basterds | Wein. | $19,303,653 | -49.3% | $73,022,841 | 2 |
| 3 | N | Halloween II (2009) | W/Dim. | $16,349,565 | – | $16,349,565 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | District 9 | TriS | $10,270,435 | -43.6% | $90,383,712 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Par. | $7,715,572 | -36.8% | $132,151,954 | 4 |
| 6 | 5 | Julie & Julia | Sony | $7,035,675 | -20.1% | $70,628,063 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | The Time Traveler’s Wife | WB (NL) | $6,452,270 | -33.8% | $47,900,418 | 3 |
| 8 | 6 | Shorts | WB | $4,511,345 | -29.6% | $13,206,697 | 2 |
| 9 | N | Taking Woodstock | Focus | $3,457,760 | – | $3,478,335 | 1 |
| 10 | 7 | G-Force | BV | $2,824,808 | -31.3% | $111,780,350 | 6 |
| 11 | 8 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | WB | $2,466,423 | -29.1% | $294,258,075 | 7 |
| 12 | 13 | (500) Days of Summer | FoxS | $2,008,956 | -11.9% | $25,203,886 | 7 |
Source: BoxOfficeMojo.com