'Halloween' slashes way to top of US box office

0 Comments | AFP, September, 2007

LOS ANGELES (AFP) — The latest version of the knife-slashing "Halloween" horror tale topped the North American box office for the Labor Day weekend, industry estimates showed Monday.

Movie attendance for the three-day weekend that marks the end of the US summer break was expected to smash the previous Labor Day holiday mark with a 146 million-dollar-take for all films -- 120.04 million for the top 12 -- according to estimates by Exhibitor Relations, which tracks ticket sales.

Fright fest "Halloween," the newest in the nearly 30-year-old franchise, led the way for MGM and was projected to take in 31 million dollars in its debut weekend.

The film has director Rob Zombie turning John Carpenter's 1978 original story of deranged Halloween night slasher Mike Myers...

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