I’ll admit that I’m surprised Halloween managed to take the number one spot at the theaters this weekend. I thought this would be a dangerous one to tackle and from the reviews I’ve heard it wasn’t great. Thankfully Superbad continues to do very well with its grand total nearing $100 million which is great for its $20M budget. Clearly word of mouth is serving it well to stay in the top 2 for 3 weeks. The other new releases did so-so with Balls of Fury picking up the #3 spot with a very modest $11.6 million. Kevin Bacon’s semi-disappointing killing spree movie Death Sentence struggled to find its footing and earned only $4.1M with the #8 spot. My review for Death Sentence will be up tomorrow. Next weekend should really pick things up with two big movies: 3:10 to Yuma and Shoot ‘Em Up, both of which I’m anxious to see.

Here they are, your box office movie earnings for this weekend: August 31 - September 2, 2007. If you missed any of the background on the new releases check out our Weekend Movie Preview with trailers and details.

Box office earnings for movies this weekend, August 31 - September 2, 2007:

1. “Halloween” $26.5 million [$26.5M total]
2. “Superbad” $12.2 million [$89.0M total]
3. “Balls of Fury” $11.6 million [$14.5M total]
4. “The Bourne Ultimatum” $10.1 million [$199.6M total]
5. “Rush Hour 3″ $8.5 million [$120.4M total]
6. “Mr. Bean’s Holiday” $5.9 million [$18.9M total]
7. “The Nanny Diaries” $5.1 million [$15.2M total]
8. “Death Sentence” $4.1 million [$4.1M total]
9. “War” $3.6 million [$16.4M total]
10. “Stardust” $3 million [$31.0M total]
11. “Hairspray” $2.8 million [$111.6M total]
12. “The Simpsons Movie” $2.8 million [$177.6M total]