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Initially tracked for the high teens, the film will have no problem cracking into the $20 millions.<\/p>\n<p>Predecessor &#8220;Final Destination 3&#8221; opened with $7.1 million en route to a $19.2 million debut weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Halloween II,&#8221; Rob Zombie&#8217;s sequel to his 2007 remake of the iconic horror film, earned $7.6 million Friday.  In 2007, Zombie&#8217;s &#8220;Halloween&#8221; earned $10.9 million on its first Friday, grossing $26.4 million over the full weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, &#8220;Inglourious Basterds&#8221; dipped 59% to $5.9 million.  Its cumulative total presently sits at $59.6 million.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;District 9&#8221; earned $3 million Friday, while new release &#8220;Taking Woodstock&#8221; was good for $1.2 million.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/default.aspx?term=\\shantel vansanten&#038;iid=6199552\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.picapp.com\/ftp\/Images\/a\/7\/1\/c\/All_About_Steve_eedf.JPG?adImageId=2769779&#038;imageId=6199552\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\"  border=\"0\" alt=\"All About Steve Los Angeles Premiere\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.pis.picapp.com\/IamProd\/PicAppPIS\/JavaScript\/PisV4.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;The Final Destination&quot; 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