Box Office Report: Aug. 31-Sept. 3

Director Rob Zombie’s remake (or reimagining, or whatever) of “Halloween” was good enough to take the top spot at the box office for the Labor Day weekend, pulling in $31 million. “Halloween” on Labor Day? OK, that makes sense.
“Balls of Fury,” the long awaited look at the seamy underbelly of ping-pong (or table tennis for you purists) earned close to $14 million in its debut, while “Death Sentence,” starring Kevin Bacon, snagged a paltry $5.2 million for eighth place.

1. “Halloween”
(Weekend domestic gross - $31.0 million)
(Worldwide gross - $31.0 million)
(Budget - N/A)
2. “Superbad”
(Weekend domestic gross - $15.6 million)
(Worldwide gross - $92.4 million)
(Budget - $20 million)
3. “Balls of Fury”
(Weekend domestic gross - $13.8 million)
(Worldwide gross - $16.8 million)
(Budget - N/A)
4. “The Bourne Ultimatum”
(Weekend domestic gross - $13.2 million)
(Worldwide gross - $277.4 million)
(Budget - $110 million)
5. “Rush Hour 3”
(Weekend domestic gross - $10.4 million)
(Worldwide gross - $162.4 million)
(Budget - $140 million)
6. “Mr. Bean’s Holiday”
(Weekend domestic gross - $8.1 million)
(Worldwide gross - $210.6 million)
(Budget - N/A)
7. “The Nanny Diaries”
(Weekend domestic gross - $6.4 million)
(Worldwide gross - $16.5 million)
(Budget - N/A)
8. “Death Sentence”
(Weekend domestic gross - $5.2 million)
(Worldwide gross - $5.2 million)
(Budget - N/A)
9. “War”
(Weekend domestic gross - $5.1 million)
(Worldwide gross - $18.1 million)
(Budget - N/A)
10. “Stardust”
(Weekend domestic gross - $3.9 million)
(Worldwide gross - $46.0 million)
(Budget - $70 million)

2007 Year-To-Date
1. “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End”
(Worldwide gross - $959.3 million)
(Budget - $300 million)
2. “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”
(Worldwide gross - $911.7 million)
(Budget - $150 million)
3. “Spider-Man 3”
(Worldwide gross - $890.2 million)
(Budget - $258 million)
4. “Shrek the Third”
(Worldwide gross - $757.3 million)
(Budget - $160 million)
5. “Transformers”
(Worldwide gross - $685.3 million)
(Budget - $150 million)
6. “The Simpsons Movie”
(Worldwide gross - $469.4 million)
(Budget - $75 million)
7. “300”
(Worldwide gross - $456.1 million)
(Budget - $65 million)
8. “Ratatouille”
(Worldwide gross - $373.4 million)
(Budget - $150 million)
9. “Live Free or Die Hard”
(Worldwide gross - $353.9 million)
(Budget - $110 million)
10. “Ocean’s Thirteen”
(Worldwide gross - $305.4 million)
(Budget - N/A)