Weekend boxoffice champ is ‘Yuma,’ ‘Shoot’ does $5.5m, ‘Brothers’ bomb

By Jeffrey Jolson

HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 9/9/07 — Russell Crowe and Christian Bale’s remake of the classic Western 3:10 to Yuma as an “Unforgiven”-like neo Western rustled up $14.1 million this weekend at theaters. “Yuma” is the top Western to open in a decade and the third best opener for a real Western in the past 20 years, behind only early 90s films “Maverick” with $17.2 million and “Unforgiven” with $15.2 million.

“Shoot ‘Em Up” was the only other new movie in the Top 10, as the Clive Owen actioner came in No. 5 with an estimated $5.5 million.

Rob Zombie’s gore-fest “Halloween” dropped to No. 2 with $10 million and about $44 million over the last 10 days, a big score for Zombie, whose last two films, “The Devil’s Rejects” and “House of 1000 Corpses” only earned $30 million between them.

Sex romp “Superbad” continued to tickle more than funnybones as the film passed the $100 million mark with a $8 million weekend.

Offbeat comedy “Balls of Fury” with Christopher Walken swung into fifth place with $5.7 million for the weekend and a $24.4 cumulative gross. Matt Damon’s “The Bourne Ultimatum” fired up another estimated $5.5 million to a total gross of $210 million, best yet for the franchise.

Rounding out the Top 10 were “Rush Hour 3,” “Mr. Bean’s Holiday” “The Nanny Diaries” and Stardust.

Big bomb this weekend was Sony’s “The Brothers Solomon,” which only earned $525,000 with Will Arnett and Will Forte as idiot brothers who try to procreate.