Below are the top 12 weekend final numbers from the North American box office:

1. The Final Destination - $12,368,882
2. Inglourious Basterds - $11,629,394
3. All About Steve - $11,241,214
4. Gamer - $9,156,057
5. District 9 - $7,076,937
6. Halloween II - $5,745,206
7. Julie & Julia - $5,324,583
8. G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra - $5,175,113
9. Extract - $4,340,108
10. The Time Traveler's Wife - $4,326,787
11. Shorts - $2,734,938
12. G-Force - $1,999,582

Overall, the US Box Office was down 26.1% on last weekend's gross.

The US Box Office had one of the weakest weekends of the year with three new openers barely making a dent in to the overall box office picture. Even with the Labor Day public holiday on the 7th, the films on show this weekend did not do much business.

As an indication of how slow business was, the top 2 films this weekend repeat their positions from last weekend. THE FINAL DESTINATION took out top spot with $12.3M and Quentin Tarantino's INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS took out second place with $11.6M. The makers of the former film will have to be ecstatic at this result, particularly as it now pushes this film towards the highest gross of the franchise. Look for another Final Destination sequel to eventuate.

Third and fourth spot are reserved for two films opening this weekend that hardly set the world on fire. ALL ABOUT STEVE, the latest Sandra Bullock comedy took out third with $11.2M. This film has been absolutely slammed by everyone and it is likely only Bullock's appeal got this film to eight figures. Unlike her earlier film this year THE PROPOSAL, this film is likely to disappear very quickly. In the opposite direction of genre is GAMER, the violent action thriller starring Gerard Butler. The high concept film was received about as well as ALL ABOUT STEVE, leaving this film with similar future box office prospects.

The lower budget sci-fi darling of the year DISTRICT 9 continues on its merry way, earning another $7M this weekend to take its domestic total to $101M. Now having crossed the $100M mark, the film is still earning great dollars relative to its budget (and no recogniseable stars both in front of and behind the camera save legendary producer Peter Jackson).

HALLOWEEN II was able to generate some good business last weekend with THE FINAL DESTINATION but it came crashing down to Earth this weekend, dropping all the way to sixth with a paltry $5.7M. However, the film has earned $25M against its tiny $15M budget so expect to see part three showing up shortly.

The only other new opener this weekend is EXTRACT, the new low budget comedy from Mike Judge of OFFICE SPACE fame. The film earned a small $4.3M over the weekend.

The Top 12 at the US Box Office took in a total of $81,118,801 for the whole of the weekend 4-6 September 2009. Including the Labor Day gross on the 7th, the total is $102,945,062.