( Entertainment Weekly ) -- For many , the creative relevance of 3-D cinema remains very much an open question . But when the history of Hollywood 's 21st century embrace of 3-D is written , it very well may point to this weekend as the moment when the format definitively established its commercial power at the box office . `` The Final Destination '' scared up by far the most box office receipts , banking $ 28.3 million . Despite a moviegoing weekend dominated with R-rated violent thriller-type films ostensibly shooting for the same audience , `` The Final Destination '' scared up by far the most box office receipts , banking $ 28.3 million for an easy No . 1 berth , according to early estimates from Hollywood.com Box Office . That 's almost $ 10 million better than the opening frame for the last film in the creatively-dispatching-model-perfect-unknown-actors franchise ( which , for those keeping track , was `` Final Destination 3 '' ) . There 's really only one reason why : Although just over half its 3,121 theaters were screening the flick in 3-D , fully 70 percent of its box office take was from 3-D theaters , which typically charge an extra few bucks per ticket for the privilege of watching the film with those comfy stereoscopic glasses . Rest assured , despite its title ( and its abysmal `` C '' Cinemascore grade ) , this is by no means the final `` Final Destination '' movie . The folks at the The Weinstein Company , meanwhile , continue to enjoy good news for their much scrutinized bottom line : Quentin Tarantino 's `` Inglourious Basterds '' landed at No . 2 with a rather spectacular $ 20 million , just 47 percent down from its opening weekend for $ 73.7 million total . TWC 's sister company Dimension Films , meanwhile , saw its `` Halloween II '' debut at third with a nothing-to-sneeze-at $ 17.4 million . Granted , director Rob Zombie 's second re-imagining of the 31-years-old slasher franchise made nothing close to the $ 30.6 million Labor Day weekend debut of Zombie 's first night out with Michael Myers . But given the steep competition , and the film 's $ 15 million budget , Dimension must be breathing a sigh of relief that their film will most likely see a decent profit . The box office love continued through much of the weekend 's top 10 : District 9 dropped just 41 percent with $ 10.7 million , strong enough to hold on at fourth place and , with a $ 90.8 mil running total , well on its way to joining the $ 100 million club . At number five , `` G.I . Joe : The Rise of Cobra '' banged out $ 8 million , a 34 percent drop and $ 132 million total . And Julie & Julia savored a tiny 16 percent drop for sixth , with $ 7.4 million in its forth weekend for $ 70.9 million total . In fact , the only true disappointment for the weekend was Focus Features ' `` Taking Woodstock . '' Director Ang Lee 's trip back to the iconic three-day concert debuted at ninth with just $ 3.7 million , doubly disappointing since it opened wide in 1,393 theaters ( after a Wednesday opening in New York and Los Angeles ) , with a feeble $ 2,691 per theater average . By contrast , two limited release debuts did rather well : Vogue magazine documentary `` The September Issue '' bowed on six screens with a very fashionable $ 40,000 per theater average ; and the extreme-sports-fandom-gone-wrong dramedy `` Big Fan '' won $ 13,000 per theater on two screens . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . Copyright 2009 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved .
Horror flick `` The Final Destination '' banked $ 28.3 million during its debut weekend . Quentin Tarantino 's `` Inglourious Basterds '' landed at No . 2 with $ 20 million . At number five , `` G.I . Joe : The Rise of Cobra '' banged out $ 8 million . Check out which other flicks made this weekend 's top 10 at the box office .